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Souvenirs Historiques de Guy-Bonnet, General de Division des Armees de la Republique D'Haiti, Ancien Aide de Camp de Rigard. Document Relatifs a Toutes les Phases de la Revolution de Saint-Domingue
by Bonnet, Edmond
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Auguste Durand, Libraire, 1864. First Edition First Printing . Leather Bound. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. xxiii, 502 pages. Hardcover bound in quarter brown morocco and brown and yellow speckled paper-covered boards. Five raised bands and six compartments on the spine adorned with gilt designs. Light to moderate rubbing and wear to the binding. The leather on the spine has some scuffs. A sound copy with secure hinges. Marbled endpapers and the front flyleaf has a mid-20th century owner's bookplate. Interior toned. Contains a frontis portrait. Text is in French. Guy Joseph Bonnet (1773-1843) was a Haitian historian and General of the Army of the Republic of Haiti. he was one of the signers of the Haitian Act of Independence (1804) when Haiti overthrew French rule. No auction records found. Scarce. We've been unable to find any other copy listed online, and the last copy seen in published auctions records is from 1901.
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- Bookseller
- Pages Past Used and Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 049847
- Title
- Souvenirs Historiques de Guy-Bonnet, General de Division des Armees de la Republique D'Haiti, Ancien Aide de Camp de Rigard. Document Relatifs a Toutes les Phases de la Revolution de Saint-Domingue
- Author
- Bonnet, Edmond
- Format/Binding
- Leather Bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Auguste Durand, Libraire
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1864
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 2.50 lbs
- Keywords
- 1864; Edmond Bonnet; Guy Joseph Bonnet; Haiti; Haitian; General; Army of the Republic of Haiti; Haitian Act of Independence; Rare; Collectible; Leather Binding; 19th Century
- Bookseller catalogs
- General Antiquarian & Rare; Leather Bindings; World History;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Biblio member since 2017
Greensboro, North Carolina
About Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Pages Past is a small used & rare bookshop located a few blocks from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Since 1996 we have been serving the Triad community as well as customers from around the world. We have around 15-20,000 volumes in our shop. We specialize in North Carolina, Virginia, Civil War, Old Leather, Christianity, Eastern and Western Philosophies, and the simply unusual. We very likely have the oldest books in Greensboro; we keep a nice selection of antiquarian volumes and scholarly books.
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- 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....
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