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The XVIIIth Century: Its Institutions, Customs, and Costumes, France, 1700-1789
by Lacroix, Paul
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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nr Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, UK: Chapman & Hall, 1876. Hardcover. Fair. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. xvi, 490, with 21 chromolithograph and 351 wood engravings. Bookplate. Red cloth with elaborately gilt tooled spine and gilt embossed front board. Top and fore text block edges untrimmed. 4to. A large and heavy volume which will incur an additional charge for overseas delivery. Spine sun-faded, loss at head, bottom quarter of backstrip missing. Text block edges tanned. Bookplate on front pastedown, front hinge cracked. Volume loose. Some foxing throughout, heavier towards prelims. Overall still very presentable.
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- Bookseller
- BookAddiction
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022479
- Title
- The XVIIIth Century: Its Institutions, Customs, and Costumes, France, 1700-1789
- Author
- Lacroix, Paul
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Chapman & Hall
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 1876
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Weight
- 6.17 lbs
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Based in the leafy hamlet of Chartham Hatch, just a few miles from the historic Cathedral city of Canterbury, BookAddiction offers beautiful, illustrated and collectible used books and a selection of unique works on paper.BookAddiction was established in 1999 (originally trading as The Virtual Bookshelf). We are members of the book-selling co-operation, Ibooknet, which extends the highest professional and ethical standards, and are in the process of joining the Provincial Booksellers' Fairs Association (PBFA).Follow our blog, on books and book collecting at www.bookaddictionuk.wordpress.uk or visit our website at www.bookaddiction.co.uk.We welcome inquiries about our books and endeavour to respond promptly. Please ask away, Offers always welcome.
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- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
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