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La Legion D'honneur; Sa Societe D'entr'ade et Son Musee Les Ancients Ordes Francais De Chevalerie
by Renault, Jules
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Paris; [1934]: Editions D'Art "Le Document. Limited Edition. Quarto. . Limited to 5000 copies. 354 pages, Illustrated with [73] leaves of color and black and white plates. index, includes also includes several facsimile documents and letters bound in. French text. The Legion of Honor was instituted in 1802 by Napoleon. This volume was to honor the Chevalerie [Knights]. Inserted is a copy of the award to the honoree who was presented this volume. Bound in 3/4 maroon morocco over red silk covered boards, raised bands, title gilt within one compartments 5 other compartments decorated in gilt, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, rub mark to upper board and a few minor scratches to lower board. A very nice clean copy.
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- Title
- La Legion D'honneur; Sa Societe D'entr'ade et Son Musee Les Ancients Ordes Francais De Chevalerie
- Author
- Renault, Jules
- Book Condition
- Used
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- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- Editions D'Art "Le Document
- Place of Publication
- Paris; [1934]
- Keywords
- French Legion of Honor; Chevalerir [knights] in French Awards
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- Military History;
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- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- 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...
- 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...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- 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...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
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