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Morceaux choisis de Buffon, ou Recueil de ce que ce Grand Naturaliste offre de plus remarquable sous le rappert de la Pensee et du Style.
by Buffon
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good. top of spine beginning to split.
- Seller
-
Reno, Nevada, United States
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About This Item
Paris.: Boiste Fils., 1823. Contemporary full mottled leather, gilt rolled borders, gilt spine decorations, red spine label, marbled endpapers. . Very good. top of spine beginning to split. . 12mo., 14x8.5 cm. . French text. weight: 0.4 lb. 10 engraved plates with 60 illustrations of animals.
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- Bookseller
- Zephyr Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 291268
- Title
- Morceaux choisis de Buffon, ou Recueil de ce que ce Grand Naturaliste offre de plus remarquable sous le rappert de la Pensee et du Style.
- Author
- Buffon
- Format/Binding
- Contemporary full mottled leather, gilt rolled borders, gilt spine decorations, red spine label, marbled endpapers.
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good. top of spine beginning to split.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Boiste Fils.
- Place of Publication
- Paris.
- Date Published
- 1823
- Pages
- 349 pp.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural Science;
- Size
- 12mo., 14x8.5 cm.
Terms of Sale
Zephyr Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery for any reason.
About the Seller
Zephyr Books
Biblio member since 2018
Reno, Nevada
About Zephyr Books
Zephyr Books is owned and operated by Lee and Ivye Johnson. We have been in the book business in Reno, Nevada since 1994. We have operated both brick and mortar, as well as online exclusive shops. We closed our brick and mortar shop in 2013, and now offer an exclusive selection of rare, collectible, and antiquarian books online only.
Glossary
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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...
- 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....
- Rolled
- rolled spine or spine rolled. Damage to a book created by pressure to the spine making it fold or crease in the cover. Damage...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- 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...
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