Idea de un Principe Politico Christiano Reresentada en cien empresas
by de Saavedra Faxardo, Don Diego (1584-1648)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
Amsterdam: Ioh. Ianssonium Iuniorem, 1659. Vellum. Very Good. 12mo., 14 by 8 cm. [24, ]835 pp., with 103 emblems plus title illustration sharply and minutely etched, and including title. This is more than title suggests. Text proper has in actuality 101 symbols and thus emblems, plus there is an additional emblem in the prelims and one at the end of the work. This is a Latin translation of the Spanish original. The contemporary vellum has some soiling, especially where creased on the spine, but still attractive and a bright patina survives. A light dampstaining affects some leaves. Overall the leaves are Pages 793/4 have an archival repair of a smallish closed tear.
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- Bookseller
- White Fox Rare Books and Antiques (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002169
- Title
- Idea de un Principe Politico Christiano Reresentada en cien empresas
- Author
- de Saavedra Faxardo, Don Diego (1584-1648)
- Format/Binding
- Vellum
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Ioh. Ianssonium Iuniorem
- Place of Publication
- Amsterdam
- Date Published
- 1659
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About White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
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- 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...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- 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....