London: Gibbings & Co. Ltd, 1901. Limited Edition. 12mo. In 21 volumes limited to only 500 sets, The Florentine Edition. Includes The Decameron by Boccaccio, The Confessions of Rousseau, The Writings of Rabellais and Persian Letters by Charles Louis Montesquieu. Illustrations reproduced from the plates engraved for the celebrated edition of 1757, and designed by Gravelot, Eisen, Boucher and others, All volumes beautifully bound in 3/4 red morocco over marbled paper covered boards with matching endpapers, raised bands, lettered and decorated in a gilt floral motif with top edges gilt, silk ribbon markers. A fine set with only slight fading or spotting to few spines. Beautiful.

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Livreiro: Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB (US)
Nº do estoque do livreiro: 015496
Título: Library of Classic Realism
Estado do livro: Usado
Quantidade Disponível: 1
Edição: Limited Edition
Editorial: Gibbings & Co. Ltd
Local de publicação: London
Data de publicação: 1901
Peso: 0.00 libras
Palavras-chave: Boccaccio Rousseau Persion Letters Rabelais the Heptameron
Observação: Pode ser um conjunto de vários volumes e exigir postagem adicional.

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Marbled Paper: Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
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...
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...
Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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...
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...