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L'AMI DES ENFANTS.
by BERQUIN, Arnaud. Avec une Notice de M. Bouilly.:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Paris, Didier, Libraire-Editeur, 1847.. NEW EDITION 1847, French text, large 8vo, approximately 235 x 150, 9¼ x 6 inches, 12 attractive cream tinted lithographed plates including frontispiece, all with tissue guards, title vignette of "l'ami" surrounded by small children, 100 vignettes in the text, pages: (4), vii, (1)-480 including Table, bound in the original publisher's handsome black cloth, blind stamped borders, large oval floral frame in gilt, red, green and blue to upper cover with gilt illustration and gilt title, floral decoration in gilt and colours to lower cover, spine gilt decorated with vignette and gilt title, all edges gilt, pale yellow endpapers. Minute nick at top of upper hinge and another at bottom of lower hinge, tiny bump to top corner of upper cover, gilt bright, one faint French inscription dated 1852 on front endpaper, another English dated 1920, occasional slight foxing, mainly on pages near plates, 1 small pale spot to background of frontispiece. A very good tight clean bright copy. An an uncommon edition with its decorative binding, 12 lithographic plates and 100 charming vignettes. Gumuchian 551: "Jolie edition, bien imprimee et illustree avec beaucoup de grace"; not in Bibliotheque Nationale or WorldCat. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
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- Bookseller
- Roger Middleton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47186
- Title
- L'AMI DES ENFANTS.
- Author
- BERQUIN, Arnaud. Avec une Notice de M. Bouilly.:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- Paris, Didier, Libraire-Editeur, 1847.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- literature francaise livre d'enfant francais french stories tales lithographic illustration cartonnage romantique
Terms of Sale
Roger Middleton
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About the Seller
Roger Middleton
Biblio member since 2010
Oxford, Oxfordshire
About Roger Middleton
We are a postal business only, selling rare and antiquarian books on interesting subjects.
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