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La Syrie d'aujourd'hui: Voyages dans La Phenicie, Le Liban et La Judee 1875-1880
by Lortet, Dr
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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About This Item
Paris: Libraire Hachette et Cie 1884. Large 4to. French language. [iii], 675 pp. Full red publisher's cloth and morocco spine with elaborate gilt and black arabesque decoration; marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Slight rubbing to spine ends and joints, otherwise all clean and gilt bright. Internally clean. With 364 incredible engraved black & white illustrations, many of which are full page. Louis Charles Émile Lortet was sent on a mission to Syria and Egypt for the Natural History Museum of Lyon to collect botanical and zoological specimens; this luxurious and copiously illustrated and decorated book details his travels around Phoenecia, Lebanon and Judaea, as they were then called, as well as the contemporary cultures he saw there. A wonderfully preserved, near fine feast for the eyes. 34 cms tall. This is a heavy item and may require additional postage if being shipped outside of Europe. . Very Good. Leather Spine Decorative Cloth. 1884.
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- Bookseller
- Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 70868
- Title
- La Syrie d'aujourd'hui: Voyages dans La Phenicie, Le Liban et La Judee 1875-1880
- Author
- Lortet, Dr
- Format/Binding
- Leather Spine Decorative Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Libraire Hachette et Cie 1884
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1884
- Size
- Large 4to.
- Keywords
- La Syrie d'aujourd'hui. Voyages dans La Phénicie, Le Liban et La Judée,, Holy Land,Phoenecia,Lebanon,Judaea,Israel,Palestine,Syria,Louis , Charles Émile Lortet,Anthropology
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- Travel; French Books;
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- Fine
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Morocco
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