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Des Anciens Gouvernemens Federatifs, et De La Legislation de Crete
by Sainte Croix, Guillaume Emmanuel Joseph de
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+ with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Traverse City, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
East Lansing: H. J. Jansen. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1798. First Edition. Hardcover. This is the original first Paris edition of this book--it is not a reprint. Covers the government of Crete from its beginnings in the ancient world to the present (ie., the date of the book). Date given as "An VII de la Republique Francoise." Text in French. Folding map of Crete in nice, bright condition. Several additional tables. Last page is an unnumbered Errata page. Pages free of foxing and spotting, some pages are age toned a bit darker than others, but all clearly readable. The leather spine worn & split about 1.5" at top edge & beginning to split at bottom eddge, wear to all edges and tips. A nice tight and unmarked book with no interior or exterior markings. Title translation: Former Federative Governments and Legislation of Crete ; 8vo, 8"- 9" tall; 503 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Peninsula Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18465
- Title
- Des Anciens Gouvernemens Federatifs, et De La Legislation de Crete
- Author
- Sainte Croix, Guillaume Emmanuel Joseph de
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- H. J. Jansen
- Place of Publication
- East Lansing
- Date Published
- 1798
- Keywords
- Crete
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Peninsula Books
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- Reprint
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- Edges
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- Errata
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- 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....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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