Paris: Librairie de Firmin-Didot et Cie 1877. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 11.5" by 8". Compère Daumont Pralon et Werner. First edition of this detailled French-language history of the science and literature of the Middle Ages and Renaissance beautifully and profusely illustrated including with thirteen chromolithographic plates. First edition.Bound in the publisher's original decorative cloth.In the original French.Lovely contemporary inscription to the first page dated 1878.Containing thirteen chromolithographic plates including the frontispiece five monochrome plates and numerous further in-text engravings. Collated complete.In-depth historical glimpse into the science and literature of the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Written by prominent French author and journalist Paul Lacroix who often wrote under the name "Bibliophile Jacob". In publisher's original decorative cloth binding. Lovely contemporary inscription to the first page dated 1878. Externally smart with slight bumping and rubbing leading to minor loss of cloth and cracking along the front joint culminating in a small tear to the spine head. With a few scattered marks. Internally firmly bound. Bright and clean with the exception of the occasional spot heavier to the first and last few pages. Very Good Librairie de Firmin-Didot et Cie hardcover
<p>Near Fine. First edition 1877 quarto bound in original leather and red publisher's cloth with ornate gilt decoration to spine and boards. Gilt edges and decorative endpapers. 4 IV 612 pages complete with all 13 full-page chromolithographic plates and numerous in-text illustrations. Paul Lacroix's wide-ranging compilation addresses medieval medicine early alchemy linguistic traditions geographic discoveries heraldic customs and folklore. Columbus Marco Polo Albertus Magnus and other seminal figures are profiled. Published in Paris by Librairie de Firmin-Didot et Cie a house noted for its quality printing and illustrated editions. A sound binding and clean interior distinguish this example. Rarely found complete in such condition with original gilt boards and bright chromolithographs. #50023. QUESTIONS AND PHOTO REQUESTS WELCOME.</p> Librairie de Firmin-Didot et Cie hardcover
Paris: Librairie de Firmin Didot 1877. Fine. Librairie de Firmin Didot Paris 1877 20 x 29.70 cm relié First edition magnificently illustrated with 13 chromolithographs and 400 wood engravings in-text. Publisher's binding in its most luxurious version by Lenègre in half red shagreen richly decorated with a Souze plate a plate also found on the red shagreen-textured percaline boards; binding evoking the rich Renaissance bindings of Grolier type. Gilt edges. Minor rubbing at foot. Very handsome copy with some scattered foxing in the margins. The interest of the work manifests itself both through its erudition and its accessibility and readability historical anecdotes. We owe it to Paul Jacob who was a great bibliophile writer and scholar and keeper of the Arsenal library. If the entire series has become a great classic in the field it is because it successfully combines the work of publisher printer bookbinder historian illustrators and documentation and few books have ultimately achieved this amalgamation that we owe to Firmin-Didot at a time when books had become quite mediocre. One will note the presence in the sciences of the study of alchemy and occult sciences and a chapter on heraldry. Librairie de Firmin Didot hardcover
Bickers and Son 1875. Hardcover. Very Good. THIS FOUR VOLUME SET IS IN NEAR FINE CONDITION BEAUTIFULLY BOUND BY MORRELL IN 3/4 LEATHER WITH SIX COMPARTMENTS AND FIVE RIBS TO SPINES WITH BRIGHT GILT DETAILS AND TITLE TO SPINES. BINDING AND HINGES ARE VERY GOOD NO LOOSE OR MISSING PAGES PAGES ARE BRIGHT AND CLEAN WITHOUT MARKS AND MINIMAL FOXING. PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED WITH NUMEROUS WOOD CUTS AND CHROMO PLATES. LARGE BOOKS MEASURE 10.75"x8". PUBLICATION DATES 1875-1878. A BEAUTIFUL SET IN SCARCE MORRELL BINDING. Bickers and Son hardcover
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