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Alphabet de l'Eccellence et Perfection des Femmes. Contre l'infame Alphabet de leur Imperfection & Malice.
by Chevalier de Lescale [Adam Scaliger]
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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About This Item
Chevalier de Lescale, (Adam Scaliger), Alphabet de l'Eccellence et Perfection des Femmes. Contre l'infame Alphabet de leur Imperfection & Malice, Paris, chez Pierre Billaine, en rue S. Iacques a la bonne Foy, M.DC.XXXI [1631]
Physical description : 43, [1], 479, [1] pages
in 12
á12, é10, A-T12, V10
Leaves á6, á7, O6, and O7 (pages 11-14 and 326-329) are supplied in photocopy.
Full calf binding with blind stamped motifs, gilt tooling and lettering to the spine. Hinges rubbed and slightly cracked, board edges slightly rubbed with small loss of leather to one corner. Corners slightly turned. Ink stain and writing to the title-page. Very occasional light browning to pages, text clean and unmarked. Binding tight. Good condition, with some pages supplied in photocopy as noted – priced accordingly.
Dedicated to "Princesse Henriette de Lorraine" (Henrietta of Lorraine, Princess of Lixheim and Phalsbourg, 1605-1660), the 'Alphabet de l'Eccellence..' was a response to Jacques Olivier's "Alphabet de l'imperfection et malice des femmes." "Jacques Olivier" was the pseudonym of the Cordelier Alexis Trousset and his book was a wildly misogynistic work which caused considerable reaction in its day.
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- Bookseller
- John Atkins
(ES)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0243
- Title
- Alphabet de l'Eccellence et Perfection des Femmes. Contre l'infame Alphabet de leur Imperfection & Malice.
- Author
- Chevalier de Lescale [Adam Scaliger]
- Format/Binding
- Full calf binding with blind stamped motifs, gilt tooling and lettering to the spine.
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Pierre Billaine
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1631
- Size
- in-12
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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About the Seller
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Barcelona, Barcelona
About John Atkins
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- 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,...
- 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...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
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