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Le Heros de Baltazar Gracien, Traduit de L’Espagnol; Avec des Remarques Historiques, Critiques; et Morales, Par le P. de Courbeville. Seconde Edition.
by Gracián, Baltazar
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
A Rotterdam: Chez Jean Hofhout, 1729. 12mo, pp. [xx], 343, [1]. Title-page printed in red and black. Contemporary mottled sheep, spine divided by raised bands, brown morocco label, other compartments tooled in gilt, edges sprinkled red. Stab hole to outer margin of 2 gatherings. Binding rather rubbed and pitted, extremities worn. A Dutch printing of a French translation of a Spanish book on an Italian diplomat; Gracián’s first book, translated by poet, translator and Jesuit priest Joseph de Courbeville (1688-1715). A response to The Prince and a critique of Machiavelli, it was first published in Spanish in 1637. This French translation first appeared in 1725, and was translated into English in 1726.
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- Bookseller
- McNaughtan's Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4848
- Title
- Le Heros de Baltazar Gracien, Traduit de L’Espagnol; Avec des Remarques Historiques, Critiques; et Morales, Par le P. de Courbeville. Seconde Edition.
- Author
- Gracián, Baltazar
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chez Jean Hofhout
- Place of Publication
- A Rotterdam
- Date Published
- 1729
- Keywords
- Philosophy Morals
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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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...
- Gatherings
- A term used in bookbinding, where a gathering of sheets is folded at the middle, then bound into the binding together. The...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
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