Browse Items (6 total)

  • Tags: French

Catalogue Des Livres [original]

https://s3.amazonaws.com/omeka-net/11002/archive/files/34ec5906f536bafb1424e3907d485d5b.jpg
A French bookseller's catalogue of French, English, Spanish, Italian, and Latin books.

Binding: fair to good ; paper binding (black marbling) ; rubbing on sides, edges, front, back, spine

Spine: fair ; paper binding ; damage at top and bottom…

Collection d'Anciens Evangiles [original]

https://s3.amazonaws.com/omeka-net/11002/archive/files/600dabfce0c470d7d5ba979d3cd8cf94.jpg
Binding: very good ; fully bound in red leather ; marbled enpapers (yellow, blue, green, red) ; borders of inside binding (before endpapers) feature gold tooling

Spine: very good ; 5 raised bands ; gilded text in two compartments reads "COLLECTION…

Conference D'Antitvs, Panvrge, et Gveridon [original]

https://s3.amazonaws.com/omeka-net/11002/archive/files/deeb89103f21d512bda218b859006273.jpg
Binding: very good ; navy blue leather ; marbled endpapers ; gold tooling around inside edges of binding and before the leather meets the marbled endpapers ; gilded foreedges ; slip enclosed reads: "THIBARON-ECHAUBARD BINDING"

Spine: good ; 5…

Histoire du Bas-Empire w/ Hidden Compartment [original]

https://s3.amazonaws.com/omeka-net/11002/archive/files/643ebecec565517d4f19b6f22e5202c3.jpg
Binding: poor ; leather binding ; front cover removed

Spine: fair ; 5 raised bands ; gold tool and design in compartments ; in one compartment it reads: "HISTOIRE DU BAS-EMPIRE" ; in another it reads: "TOM XVI" a great deal of…

Oraison Funebre de Tres-Haut et Puissant Seigneur Messire Michel Le Tellier Chevalier [original]

https://s3.amazonaws.com/omeka-net/11002/archive/files/b967efb7f86c4972deb07507ef2cbadd.jpg
Binding: good to very good ; insert that reads "G. HUSER BINDING" ; deep red leather binding ; 5 raised bands on spine ; gold tooling on edges and inside covers ; "G. HUSER" in gilded print on inside front cover border detail ; marbled endpaper ;…

Traitte Des Bibliotheques [original]

https://s3.amazonaws.com/omeka-net/11002/archive/files/ff03812ab72dce919ec6ae77257c221b.jpg
Binding: poor ; boards are covered in marbled paper ; bumped corners ; wear along edges and on front of boards

Spine: poor ; spine covering has been removed ; sewing structure with sewing tapes exposed

Textblock: good ; some discolouration and…