XVIIIme Siecle Institutions Usages et Costumes, France 1700-1789
by Lacroix, Paul
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- Hardcover
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- Very Good+
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About This Item
Paris: Firmin-Didot Freres, Fils et Cie, 1875. Deuxieme Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. Gilt-ruled half red morocco and marbled paper, gilt-stamped lettering and ornament in spine compartments (5 raised bands), all edges marbled; 4to; pp. viii, 520, illustrated with 21 chromolithographs and 350 woodcut illustrations after Watteau, Vanloo, Rigaud, Boucher, Lancret, J. Vernet, Chardin, Jeaurat, Bouchardon, Saunt-Aubin, Eisen, Gravelot, Moreau, Cochin, Wille, Debucourt, and others. Some light scuffing along joints and edges of boards; text block slightly rolled, with upper board extending about 1/4-inch beyond lower. Internally nice and clean -- chromolithographs are lovely, bright colors remain true. An excellent copy.
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- JC11708
- Title
- XVIIIme Siecle Institutions Usages et Costumes, France 1700-1789
- Author
- Lacroix, Paul
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Deuxieme Edition
- Publisher
- Firmin-Didot Freres, Fils et Cie
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1875
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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....
- 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...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Rolled
- rolled spine or spine rolled. Damage to a book created by pressure to the spine making it fold or crease in the cover. Damage...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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