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Dictionnaire de la Révolution française 1789-1799
by Decembre-Allonier [Joseph Decembre; Edmund Allonier]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good-
- Seller
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Chehalis, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Administration des Ouvrages de MM. Decembre-Allonier, ND. Hardcover. Very good-. Undated, c. 1866. Two folio volumes (8.75 x 14 inches), pp. 796; 762, lvii; illustrated. Contemporary quarter-leather and marbled boards, with original yellow wrappers bound in. Rubbing to edges of boards and spine, some loss of marbled paper on front board of volume 1, minor damage to endpapers, occasional light foxing. Good to very good overall. Comprehensive alphabetical reference to the people and events of the French Revolution.
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- Bookseller
- Walkabout Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18846
- Title
- Dictionnaire de la Révolution française 1789-1799
- Author
- Decembre-Allonier [Joseph Decembre; Edmund Allonier]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Administration des Ouvrages de MM. Decembre-Allonier
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- ND
- Keywords
- French Revolution
- Bookseller catalogs
- European History;
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About the Seller
Walkabout Books
Biblio member since 2011
Chehalis, Washington
About Walkabout Books
Walkabout Books is an antiquarian bookstore located in southwest Washington State. We specialize in Americana and the literature of travel and adventure, including travel narratives, travel and tourism ephemera (travel diaries, vintage brochures, guidebooks, etc), exploration, mountaineering, and other outdoor pursuits. We also carry interesting and unusual books in many other fields.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- ND
- no publisher's date given
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
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