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A Travelers L'Europe Croquis de Cavalerie
by Vallet, Leon
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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San Anselmo, California, United States
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About This Item
Paris. Librairie de Firmin/didot. 1893. Lavishly bound by Champs of Paris in full gilt bordered crushed burgundy morocco. Raised bands. Gilt titles. Elaborate pictorial gilt tooled inner dentelles with horse and horse shoe motif frame and ornate gilt tooled figure of soldier with drawn sword to front and rear paste downs. Silk moire endsheets. Accompanied by custom hardshell slipcase. a.e.g. Thick Folio. Number thirty five of a limited edition printed on Japanese vellum. Sumptuously illustrated with fifty colour lithographic plates and 300 further monochrome drawings en texte. Also an original hand coloured litho mounted onto flyleaf. Vallet's classic work on cavalry life is artfully encased in a most splendid continental binding. A masterful presentation. The slightest of rubbing to spine. A Fine bright copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Heldfond Book Gallery, ABAA-ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6935
- Title
- A Travelers L'Europe Croquis de Cavalerie
- Author
- Vallet, Leon
- Format/Binding
- Lavishly bound by Champs of Paris in full gilt bordered crushed burgundy morocco. Raised bands. Gilt titles. Elaborate pictorial
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Librairie de Firmin/didot.
- Place of Publication
- Paris.
- Date Published
- 1893.
- Size
- Thick Folio.
Terms of Sale
Heldfond Book Gallery, ABAA-ILAB
The Heldfond Book Gallery is an elected member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers and conforms to all ethical codes and standards of those organizations.Books found to be materially mis-described may be returned within seven days of receipt and all monies will be promptly refunded, if returned to us in the same condition as sent.
About the Seller
Heldfond Book Gallery, ABAA-ILAB
Biblio member since 2005
San Anselmo, California
About Heldfond Book Gallery, ABAA-ILAB
Located just accross the Golden Gate Bridge in Marin County, California - the Heldfond Book Gallery, Ltd. is one of the oldest and most esteemed Rare Bookstores on the West Coast. Specializations include: Illustrated Books in all disciplines, Fine Bindings and Sets, Important Literary First Editions,Fine Arts, Collectable Children's Illustrated Books, Illuminated Manuscripts and Incunabula,Rare Aviation and Maritime as well as a consistently superb inventory of General Antiquarian Materials.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- 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....
- 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...
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