Voyages de Gulliver dans des Contrées Lointaines par Swift. Tome I
by Swift/ Grandville
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- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Amsterdam, Netherlands
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About This Item
Paris: Fournier Ainé/Furne et Cie, 1838. GRANDVILLE, J.J. [4], LXIX [1], 279 pp. With a frontispiece of the gigantic Gulliver above an arch, and numerous wood-engraved vignettes by Grandville throughout. 8vo., 210 x 125 mm, bound in contemporary brown calf with gilt spine. With Grandville's illustrations, containing ca 250 original wood-engraved vignettes which is representative of his best work. Contains Voyage a Lilliput and Voyage a Brobdingnag. Volume 1 only.. 1st edition.
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- Bookseller
- Antiquariaat Jacob E. van Ruller (NL)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7953
- Title
- Voyages de Gulliver dans des Contrées Lointaines par Swift. Tome I
- Author
- Swift/ Grandville
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Publisher
- Fournier Ainé/Furne et Cie
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1838
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature-English/American;
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About the Seller
Antiquariaat Jacob E. van Ruller
Biblio member since 2007
Amsterdam
About Antiquariaat Jacob E. van Ruller
Antiquarian bookseller in Amsterdam since 1990. Specializing in documentary material related to 20th century European history in the Interbellum, World War II, Weimar Republic and Third Reich
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- 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....
- 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...
- 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...