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Figures Des Saints Moines et Ermites
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Sleaford, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Lyon, Rue S. Jacques, a l'Ange-Gardien: Lyon, 1572. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Rare Survivor - 7" x 5". A full page plate book of all the Saints (47/48 plates - may never have been complete). Each Saint is depicted in a Durer-esque style often with Gremlins etc with a small panel at foot in latin about each Saint. The titlepage is in Manuscript hand - black & red titles. Bound in early 18th century full speckled calf with raised bankds & old spine label. Nicking at spine tips only & normal wear to extremities - with 1" crack to bottom right foot of spine. Original marbled endpapers. A handful of small neat old monastry stamps in French on endpaper & 3 times on back on plates only. The leaves are immensely CRISP & FRESH. The engravings of a superb quality and very deep dark early impressions. A beautiful item..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Julian Roberts Fine Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6618
- Title
- Figures Des Saints Moines et Ermites
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- Lyon
- Place of Publication
- Lyon, Rue S. Jacques, a l'Ange-Gardien
- Date Published
- 1572
- Keywords
- Illustrated Plates Copper Engravings Antiquarian Early Durer
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian;
- Size
- 12mo
Terms of Sale
Julian Roberts Fine Books
We accept VISA & MASTERCARD. Cheques accepted in � Sterling only. IMOs & Foreign Bank Drafts in � Sterling - drawn on U.K. banks only. Goods may be returned for any reason if done so promptly. Reserved books will be held for 48 hours. Further images of any book available on request.
About the Seller
Julian Roberts Fine Books
Biblio member since 2006
Sleaford, Lincolnshire
About Julian Roberts Fine Books
Full Time Professional Bookdealers operating from Lincolnshire. Books can be viewed by appointment. Regular PBFA fairs attended.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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