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Tours et Tourelles Historiques de la Belgique
by Baes, Jean
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- g
- Seller
-
Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
Bruxelles: E. Lyon-Claesen, 1891. First edition. Hardcover. g. Elephant folio. [16]pp (Text), 50 loose plates, as issued. Original illustrated cloth portfolio with string tie. Exquisite collection of 50 tipped-in color lithographs after watercolor painting by Jean Baes depicting Belgium's historic towers and turrets. Age wear on portfolio with spine missing. Boards detached but present. Moderate rubbing along edges. Previous owner's ex-libris on inside of front cover (Arnold Hartmann.) Minor age toning along paper margin. Edges of plates partly brittled (not affecting images.) Text in French. Portfolio in overall poor to fair, interior in good to good+ condition (images in very good condition).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30956
- Title
- Tours et Tourelles Historiques de la Belgique
- Author
- Baes, Jean
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - g
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- E. Lyon-Claesen
- Place of Publication
- Bruxelles
- Date Published
- 1891
- Keywords
- Gothic architecture, Medieval architecture, Belgium's towers and turrets, Lithographs, First edition, Illustrated, Reference
Terms of Sale
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
Biblio member since 2009
Santa Monica, California
About Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
We offer a broad selection of rare, out-of-print and antiquarian books with an emphasis on photography, architecture, art, Judaica, Bibles, Weimar Germany and the Third Reich, modernism, Olympic Games, erotica and foreign-language works, especially German, Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish. We also provide appraisal, auction, consulting and rental services.
Glossary
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- 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....
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
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