Cours d'étude pour l' instruction du Prince de Parme. Vol. I to XVI by Condillac, Abbé de - 1776

Title comprising 16 volumes. It is an educational classic that deals with subjects such as history, philosophy, grammar, politics, science and so on. Hardcover, fine hide mottled calf binding. Edges of the boards are gilt. Spine with gilt raised band, Morocco labels for the name and the volume nº and boxes with floral gilt decoration. Marbled free front and back end paper. Text block edges stained red. Some Geometric and floral decoration at the beginning and at the end of chapters and books. Volume three has 9 fold-out plates with technical drawings. A very nice and rare title without any missing volume. Language: French. VOLUME I Pages: Table of contents: 30 - Preliminary speech: 144 Content: 356 Printing: Unknown. Boards in very good conditions except the 2 bottom corners that are rubbed and board beneath calf appears. Spine with minute cracks. Hinges a bit worn. Shelf wear. Bookmark still present. Text block is tight and in fine conditions, with very rare and small foxing. The is a hole in bottom margin of page 97 that seems to be a defect of paper manufacturing. VOLUME II Pages: Table of contents: 31- Content: 411. Printing: Unknown. Boards in very good conditions but some stains on the back board . Spine with minute cracks and raised bands a bit rubbed. Hinges a bit worn. Shelf wear. Bookmark still present. Text block is tight and in very good conditions, with very rare and small foxing but a piece of the bottom margin of page 113 was torn. A very good copy. VOLUME III Pages: Table of contents: 32 - Content: 330 + 9 fold out plates Printing: Unknown Boards in good conditions but there is a very small fissure of the hinge at the head of the front board . Spine with minute cracks and raised bands a bit rubbed. Hinges a bit worn. Shelf wear. Bookmark still present. Text block is tight and in very good conditions, including 9 folding plates with engravings of technical drawings. A very good copy. VOLUME IV Pages: Table of contents: 17 - Content: 222 Printing: Unknown Boards in good conditions but some peculiar scratching, maybe due to worms . Minute little holes on the backboard. Spine with minute cracks. Hinges a bit worn. Shelf wear. Bookmark still present. Text block is tight and in very good conditions. A very nice copy. VOLUME V Pages: Table of contents: 24 - Content: 354 Printing: Unknown Boards in good conditions a bit rubbed and with a scratch, maybe due to worms . Minute little holes on the backboard edges. Spine with minute cracks and some rubbing at the head. Hinges a bit worn. Shelf wear. Bookmark still present. Text block is tight and in good conditions but with a closed tear on page 14. And from page 113 to 144 color of the pages is darker as if there were wet traces. VOLUME VI Pages: Table of contents: 30 - Content: 445 Printing: Unknown Boards in good conditions with some rubbing and a little scratch on the edge of the front board . Worm hole on the spine. Spine with minute cracks and raised bands a bit rubbed Calf covering the headband has been removed partially. Hinges a bit worn. Shelf wear. Bookmark still present. Text block is tight and in very good conditions, but with 2 black stains on page 49, but not affecting the reading. Practically no foxing. VOLUME VII Pages: Table of contents: 26 - Content: 428 Printing: Unknown Boards in very good conditions with some very little rubbing . Spine with minute cracks and some little rubbing at the head and on the raise bands. Hinges a bit worn. Shelf wear. Bookmark still present. Text block is tight and in very good conditions except for some wet stain on pages 321, 322 and slightly less on page 323. VOLUME VIII Pages: Table of contents: 27 - Content: 494 Printing: Unknown Boards in good conditions with some little rubbing and very small worm holes near the bottom edge of the boards. Spine with minute cracks and some little rubbing on the raise bands. Calf at the head of the spine is a bit loose and a little part at the top of the hinge is missing. Hinges a bit worn. Shelf wear. Bookmark still present. Text block is tight and in good conditions except for some stains on pages 14 to 19 and foxing from page 111 to 129 and 369 to 384 though it is not affecting the reading at all. VOLUME IX Pages: Table of contents: 26 - Content: 295 Printing: Unknown Boards in good conditions with some little rubbing and small scratches on the hinge of the front board. Spine with minute cracks and some little rubbing on the raise bands. Hinges a bit worn. Shelf wear. Bookmark still present but broken. Text block is tight and in good conditions but with variable foxing and age tanning, though it is not affecting the reading at all. VOLUME X Pages: Table of contents: 24 - Content: 367 Printing: Unknown Board's conditions with some scratching near the hinges. Calf at the bottom corners is scratched and the board underneath is appearing. Hinges partially scratched too. Spine is also partially scratched and Morocco spine labels are damaged as well as some of the gilt decoration.Also, Spine with minute cracks. Calf covering the headband is missing. Text block tight and in very good conditions but pages 272 and 273 have been creased and traces remain.. VOLUME XI Pages: Table of contents: 36 - Content: 484 Printing: Unknown. Backboard with several worm holes and scratches.. Corners are rubbed and the board beneath calf appears. Spine with minute cracks . Raised bands are a bit rubbed. Shelf wear. Text block is tight and fresh, in very good conditions. VOLUME XII Pages: Table of contents: 50 - Content: 595 Printing: Unknown. Front board with worm scratches.. Front board top corner is rubbed and the board beneath calf appears. Spine with minute cracks and the calf covering the head band is damaged. . Some raised bands are a bit rubbed as well as some parts of the hinge with the front board. Shelf wear. Text block is tight and fresh, in very good conditions though traces of crease remain on the corners of pages 38 to 41. VOLUME XIII Pages: Table of contents: 40 - Content: 506 Printing: Unknown Boards in good conditions except for a little worm scratch on the backboard. Corners are rubbed and the board beneath calf start to appear. Spine with minute cracks . Some raised bands are a bit rubbed . Shelf wear. Text block is tight and fresh, in very good conditions though there is a small tear at the bottom of page 327 and an ink soil on the margin of page 384. VOLUME XIV Pages: Table of contents: 44 - Content: 509 Printing: Unknown Boards in very good conditions. Spine with minute cracks and some raised bands are lightly rubbed . Shelf wear. Small crack of the hinge at the heel between the spine and the front board. Text block is tight and fresh, in very good conditions though there is a small hole due to a defect of the paper on the margin of page 25. VOLUME XV Pages: Table of contents: 38 - Content: 384 Printing: Unknown Boards in good conditions. Spine with minute cracks and some raised bands are lightly rubbed . Shelf wear. Crack along the hinge between the spine and the front board but binding is not affected. Text block is tight and fresh, and in good conditions though there is a closed tear on the first page of the table of contents, after the title page. Also some pages from 2 to 9 of book 18 have some soiling. Bottom corner of page 49 is torn but it is an original defect of the paper. Uniforme foxing or age tanning from page 49 to 80. Bookmark still present. VOLUME XVI Pages: Table of contents: 9 - Content: 384 - Editor's warning: 8 - Guidance for the conscience of a king: 77 Printing: Unknown Boards in quite good conditions despite there are some worm holes. One Corner is rubbed and the board beneath calf starts to appear. Some rubbing on front board. Spine with minute cracks and some raised bands are lightly rubbed . Calf at the head of the spine is cracked. Heel of the hinge of the front board starts cracking.Text block is tight and in good conditions though pages 96 to 113 and from 320 to 337 are age tanned. Many more pictures of each volume available upon request Standard shipping is INCLUDED in the price for EU (European Union) and Switzerland. For shipment out of the EU, please ask for quotation. Weight of the 16 Vol.: 7.800 Grams.