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L'Evangile De L'Enfance De Notre Seigneur Jesus-Christ Selon Saint Pierre Mis En Francais Par Catulle Mendes Apres Le Manucrit De L'Abbaye De Saint Wolfgang
by Schwabe, Carlos (Illustrator)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Three quarter brown morocco and marbled boards, matching endpapers, rebacked. Near fine
- Seller
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ardsley, New York, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Armand Colin, 1894. First edition. Hardcover. Three quarter brown morocco and marbled boards, matching endpapers, rebacked. Near fine. Unpaginated. 32.5 x 25 cm. 17 lithographed Art Nouveau illustrations hors texte and a host of decorative floral borders and drawings. Schwabe, a painter and print maker featured allegorical and mythological themes indicating the idealism of the Symbolists. Original wrappers bound-in. Regular edition outside the limited edition of 150. Bound by Blackwell, raised bands, spine panels decorated in gilt, bookplate. CARTERET 73. MONOD 4397.
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- Bookseller
- Royoung bookseller, Inc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20486
- Title
- L'Evangile De L'Enfance De Notre Seigneur Jesus-Christ Selon Saint Pierre Mis En Francais Par Catulle Mendes Apres Le Manucrit De L'Abbaye De Saint Wolfgang
- Author
- Schwabe, Carlos (Illustrator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Three quarter brown morocco and marbled boards, matching endpapers, rebacked. Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Armand Colin
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1894
- Keywords
- Literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Design; Art Nouveau;
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ardsley, New York
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Marbled boards
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- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
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