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Aventures les plus curieuses des voyageurs. Coup d'oeil autour du monde d'après les relations anciennes et modernes et des documents recueillis sur les lieux.
by Hombron, (Jacques Bernard) M
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good, very light shelfwear, b&w plates yellowed.
- Seller
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Reno, Nevada, United States
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About This Item
Pris.: Belin-Leprieur et Morizot., No date, Circa 1860.. Contemporary quarter black morocco over green stippled cloth boards, raised bands, all edges gilt, white grained endpapers. . Very good, very light shelfwear, b&w plates yellowed.. 8vo.. French text. 4 Chromolithograph plates, 17 b&w engraved plates.
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- Bookseller
- Zephyr Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 182167
- Title
- Aventures les plus curieuses des voyageurs. Coup d'oeil autour du monde d'après les relations anciennes et modernes et des documents recueillis sur les lieux.
- Author
- Hombron, (Jacques Bernard) M
- Format/Binding
- Contemporary quarter black morocco over green stippled cloth boards, raised bands, all edges gilt, white grained endpapers.
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good, very light shelfwear, b&w plates yellowed.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Belin-Leprieur et Morizot.
- Place of Publication
- Pris.
- Date Published
- No date, Circa 1860.
- Pages
- iii, 496 pp.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Geography;
- Size
- 8vo.
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About the Seller
Zephyr Books
Biblio member since 2018
Reno, Nevada
About Zephyr Books
Zephyr Books is owned and operated by Lee and Ivye Johnson. We have been in the book business in Reno, Nevada since 1994. We have operated both brick and mortar, as well as online exclusive shops. We closed our brick and mortar shop in 2013, and now offer an exclusive selection of rare, collectible, and antiquarian books online only.
Glossary
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- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
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