OEUVRES DE MONTESQUIEU: Avec Eloges, Analyses, Commentaires, Remarques, Notes, Refutations, Imitations; par MM. Destutt de Tracy, Villemain
by Charles de Secondat Montesquieu
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Blue Hill, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Henri Feret, 1827. Leather Bound. Very Good. Vol. 1- 411 p. Illustration on frontis with tissue. Vol. 2- 483 p. Vol. 3- 495 p. Vol. 4- 488 p. Vol. 5- 475 p. Vol. 6- 464 p. Vol. 7- 460 p. Vol. 8- 544p. 5 1/4 x 8 1/2 in. Tan polished calf binding, gilt lettering on black leather labels on spine, gilt decoration on spine and cover edges, 5 raised bands, edges of text block flecked with brown. Condition of each volume is VERY GOOD: light wear to covers and spine, each volume with several small tears to leather covers, many leather labels missing, top edges of text block darkened, pages white many with spotty light foxing, bindings tight. Each volume with book plate of David B. Ogden on inside of front cover- Vol. 5 with small book plate, each volume with notation in pencil at top of ffep. " April 28th 1832". Vol. 1, 2- light nick to top of spine end. Vol. 2,3,7- missing all leather labels. Vol. 5,4- one leather label missing. Vol. 3- a bit heavier wear to front cover. Vol. 6- leather label partially detached.
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- Bookseller
- Andre Strong Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2823
- Title
- OEUVRES DE MONTESQUIEU
- Author
- Charles de Secondat Montesquieu
- Format/Binding
- Leather Bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Henri Feret
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1827
- Bookseller catalogs
- Text in French;
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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