La Passion De Yang Kwe-Fei: Favorite Imperiale
by Soulie de Morant, Georges
- Used
- Condition
- VG (light age toning to pages but otherwise very clean)
- Seller
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Paris: L'Edition D'Art, 1924. Leather bound. VG (light age toning to pages but otherwise very clean). Black full leather boards with elaborate gilt design and tooling, five raised bands on spine with gilt design and lettering, inside boards are blue with gilt ruling, top edge gilt, silk end papers, ix, [1], 201, [1] pages, 1 leaf plates. Text in French. The decoration of this work was specially designed by Paul Zenker. Five hundred numbered copies were taken from this work. "The main works from which I drew all the features of this story are: Trong-tsiènn Kang-mou 'Universal mirror with summaries and developments' ... Trang chou' Book of the Trang dynasty '... Trang che' Les poetry of Trang ', and Trang che ro-tsié' Poetry of Trang with comments' ... Tchrang-cheng tiènn 'The palace of endless life' ... A ... poem by Po Tsiu-y. .. 'The anthem of endless regrets'. "- Page vii-ix.
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- Bookseller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 177261
- Title
- La Passion De Yang Kwe-Fei: Favorite Imperiale
- Author
- Soulie de Morant, Georges
- Format/Binding
- Leather bound
- Book Condition
- Used - VG (light age toning to pages but otherwise very clean)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- L'Edition D'Art
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1924
- Keywords
- Asian History ; Tang Xuanzong, Emperor of China ; ;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Asian History;
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Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...