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RARE 3-VOLUME COMPLETE SET
DICTIONNAIRE LITTERAIRE
PUBLISHED IN 1768
DIMENSIONS
Total about 7" x 4 1/2" x 3 3/2". Volume …
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RARE 3-VOLUME COMPLETE SET
DICTIONNAIRE LITTERAIRE
PUBLISHED IN 1768
DIMENSIONS
Total about 7" x 4 1/2" x 3 3/2". Volume 1 = 500 pp. Volume 2 = 454 pp. Volume 3 = 418 pp.
DESCRIPTION
First volume title page reads in full "DICTIONNAIRE / LITTERAIRE, / EXTRAIT DES MEILLEURS AUTEURS / ANCIENT ET MODERNES / Utile dulci / Horat. / TOME PREMIER / A - K / A LIEGE, / Chez LES LIBRAIRES ASSOCIES. / M. DCC. LXVII. / AVEC PERMISSION DES SUPERIEURS." Translating as " LITERARY DICTIONARY EXTRACT FROM THE BEST AUTHORS BOTH ANCIENT AND MODERN / Useful and pleasurable as per Horace. / VOLUME ONE / A - K / IN LIEGE AT THE LIBRARIES ASSOCIATION (or Associated Booksellers), 1768. WITH PERMISSION FROM SUPERIORS." Complete three-volume set. Leather-bound with gilt imprinted spines. Library label inside covers reads "EX / LIBRIS / DORIS CHARRIER DAVIS."
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- Dimensions
- 7ʺW × 3.75ʺD × 4.5ʺH
- Styles
- French
- Period
- Mid 18th Century
- Country of Origin
- France
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
- Materials
- Leather
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Brown
- Condition Notes
- Overall excellent. Binding strong, with some wear and bumping. All pages intact. Has the expected age toning of a 260-year-old … moreOverall excellent. Binding strong, with some wear and bumping. All pages intact. Has the expected age toning of a 260-year-old (all visible in the images). A RARE MID-18TH CENTURY THREE-VOLUME SET IN REMARKABLY FINE CONDITION. less
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