Paris: Librairie Victor Lecoffre, 1888.. 1888.. Good. - Octavo, marbled black & cream paper covered boards backed with gray cloth with a gilt-lettered leather label on the spine. The boards are rubbed & bumped with the paper worn away along the edges. There are stains to the cloth. The head of the spine is heavily stained with a small sticker on it. The label is rubbed & chipped with a strip of paper adhering to its top edge. xi & 364 pages. There are stamps on the half- title & page 1 & 2 stamps & a red ink notation on the title page. 1 name in the index is underlined & there is scattered foxing. The book is cocked. Good. <p>The text is in French.

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Bookseller: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 11418
Title: LES GRANDS MARINS DU REGNE DE LOUIS XIV. Notices Historiques
Author: Dussieux, L
Book Condition: Used - Good
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Paris: Librairie Victor Lecoffre, 1888.
Date Published: 1888.
Keywords: NAVAL; MARITIME; FRANCE; HISTORY; FRENCH NAVY; SEVENTEENTH CENTURY; 17TH CENTURY; LOUIS XIV; COLBERT; SAILORS; SEAMEN; WARSHIPS; BATTLES; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; OFFICERS; ADMIRALS; LES GRANDS MARINS DU REGNE DE LOUIS XIV; L. DUSSIEUX.
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Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.

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Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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...
Cocked: Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
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....
Title Page: A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...