NAPOLEONIS RELIQUIAE A Poem in Six Cantos with Notes
by Anon
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Launceston, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: J. Hatchard and Son (Printed at Rouen By Nicetas, 1841. Book. Very Good. Half Leather. First Edition. Royal 8vo (15 X 22.5cm). "Printed at Rouen by Nicetas Periaux"; pp. xvii, [3], 152; steel engraved frontispiece portrait of Napoleon with tissue guard, and lithograph of "Rouen from the heights of St. Catherine" ( lithographed by Champin) with original tissue guard; half-title bound in immediately before first page of main text. Contemporary half black polished calf with marbled boards, very good and strong with a little rubbing and marking. Contents good and tight, endpapers somewhat dust soiled, with previous signature erased from front free end paper. Text with some localised finger soiling, a few pages more pronounced, severa pages with light marginal staining, lower blank corner to pp. 105/106 pinched off. Overall, a very good copy of this rare Napoleonic title. The introduction reads "The Following Poem was written on the heights of St-Catherine as the remains of Napoleon passed up the Seine, and the author endeavours to concentrate in a poetical form the feelings which that event naturally suggested.".
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Details
- Bookseller
- Loe Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 031808
- Title
- NAPOLEONIS RELIQUIAE A Poem in Six Cantos with Notes
- Author
- Anon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- J. Hatchard and Son (Printed at Rouen By Nicetas
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1841
- Size
- Royal 8vo (15 X 22.5cm)
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry; Antiquarian;
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.