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Rabelais: Etude sur le Seizieme Siecle
by [Rabelais, Francois] Mayrargues, Alfred
- Used
- Very Good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Librairie De L. Hachette et Cie, 1868. First Edition. Leather Binding. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall (thin). Slight starting to upper outer hinge of upper cover (at spine edge); slight rubbing and scuffing to covers (leather over boards; chiefly to edges); small chip to foredge of first preliminary leaf; slight internal browning and/or foxing (chiefly to edges and preliminaries). [6], 270 pages. Text in French. Notable and rarely encountered study of the French author by a 19th century compatriot; particularly interesting for the discussion of Menippian satire (a tradition which extends from the ancients through 'Gargantua', thence through 'Finnegans Wake' and hypermodern literature). Includes bibliographical references. Bound in half dark red morocco over dark brown marbled boards, gilt-stamped and decorated spine with partly raised bands, tan marbled endpapers, all edges trimmed and flecked red-brown.
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- Bookseller
- Arundel Books of Seattle
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- L064161
- Title
- Rabelais: Etude sur le Seizieme Siecle
- Author
- [Rabelais, Francois] Mayrargues, Alfred
- Format/Binding
- Leather Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Librairie De L. Hachette et Cie
- Date Published
- 1868
- Keywords
- Rabelais, Francois French Literature 16th Century French Fiction Biography Criticism Interpretation Humor Satire Binding QX91, , , , , , ,
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Marbled boards
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- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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