Search Results: the eighteenth century its institutions customs by paul lacroix

New York: Frederick Ungar Pub. Co., 1963. (1963), 489pp, illus., slight shelfwear to cover, top corners xlightly bumped, bookplate to fep, some rubbing & edgewear to dj, contents clean.. Cloth. Very Good -/Very Good -.

New York.: Scribner, Welford, and Armstrong., 1876. 1st Edition.. Modern brown buckram, gilt and white spine title.. Ex-library with the usual markings otherwise very good in a sturdy modern binding. . 4to., 26.5x17.5 cm. A well-illustrated cultural history of France before the revolution. Heavy book, will require extra shipping, weight: 4.4 lb. 15 chromolithograph plates, 6 additional lithograph plates, numerous engraved plates and vignettes.

New York: Scribner, Welford & Armstrong, 1876. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Scribner, Welford & Armstrong, 1876; no additional printings indicated; xvi, [1], 489pp. + 21 chromolithographs and 351 woodcut illustrations, 31 of which are full-page. Red buckram binding with front board cloth from original binding grafted on; plain gilt text on spine. Chromolithographs are present and accounted for. Binding is tight and sturdy; light wear to edges of boards, front board gilt remains bright and bold, spine faded, gilt only partially legible; illustrations and text very good throughout. Does not appear to be ex-library despite buckram re-binding. Due to the size/weight of this book extra charges will apply for international and/or expedited shipping. Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY ITS INSTITUTIONS, CUSTOMS, AND COSTUMES FRANCE 1700 - 1789, Scribner, Welford & Armstrong, 1876, first edition, front highly decorated gold-gilt leather cover detached, light wear to corner tips, else a most decent copy bound in full leather with text block contents fine with gold gilt edges. Illustrated with 21 chromolithographs and 351 wood engravings. Certainly a very good candidate for rebinding.

Paris, Firmin Didot, 1875 Numbered Large Paper Edition 376/650.. Hardback, approx 10.5 x 7 inches. Tall 8vo. Red full-morocco leather binding with elaborate gold decorations & inner gilt dentelles. Raised banding & gilt lettering to spine. All page edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. In very good condition. Some minor rubbing to edges and corners, some rubbing to front spine hinge, some darkening and handling marks to edges of boards. Bookplate to front endpaper “William Packe.” Some light foxing to prelims, a couple of plates have some minor foxing (tissue guards have caught most of it) Bar some areas of mild foxing, inside pages are very clean and tight throughout. Else a very clean and tight copy. 520pp. 21 very nice COLOURED CHROMO. PLATES (incl. a very nice one of “The Royal Flag”, the Galley Flag, The Flag of the Merchant Navy )- and one of “Uniforms of the French Army”) 33 b&w plates, and upwards of 350 wood-engravings, some full-page. In French Language.

New York: Scribner, 1876. hardcover. very good. Illustrated with 21 full-page chromolithographic plates and 351 wood engravings. xvi, 489pp. Short thick 4to, attractively bound in contemporary 3/4 tan polished calf; ornate gilt-stamped spine with red & black leather labels (binding is rubbed at edges, covers loose, internally fine.); marbled endpapers and page edges. New York: Scribner, Welford and Armstrong, 1876. Very good.<br/><br/>

NY: Scribner Welford and Armstrong, 1876. First US Edn. Large 8vo, pp. 489. Bound in publisher's leather backed red cloth stamped in gilt. Rubbed along the hinges and spine, a very good tight copy. Leaving aside the general facts of history, Lacroix has "confined his labours to the consideration of manners, customs, public and prvate costume, arts, sciences, and literature ...

Paris: Firmin Didot, 1874. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Good. [European (French) Costume] 4 volume set. Quartos, 29 cm. Bound in publisher's ornate, profusely gilt-tooled leather boards. Bindings are generally good, with minor rubbing and shelf wear. (Note: V.4 is the exception, and has cracks along the spine, and a shody binding.) All edges gilt. Internally the books are quite nice, with numerous plate and chromolithographs. v.1: 577 pp. Illustrated with 14 chromolithographs and 410 wood engravings engraved by Huyot, v.2: iv, 603pp. illustrated with 15 chromolithographs and 440 wood engravings (4th ed.), v.3: 548pp. illustrated with 19 chromolithographs and 400 wood engravings; v. 4: xvi, 489 p. : illus. engravings, frontis., 31 plates. Note: Vol. 4 is the English translation of "XVIII me Siecle institutions, usages et costumes France 1700 - 1789." <br> This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.

London: Bickers & Son , 1878. Five volumes, the complete set and uncommon thus, in contemporary signed Stikeman & Co. bindings of half red morocco over marbled boards, matching marbled end papers, the backs with gilt tooled floral decorations, all edges gilt. From the collection of noted art collector M.C.D. Borden, his bookplate front paste downs. Known as "the Calico King" for his fabric printing empire, Borden's art collection included works by Frans Hals, Van Dyck, Rembrandt, Constable, Gainsborough, J.M.W.Turner, Corot, Delacroix, &c. "The Eighteenth Century" published by Scribner, Welford and Armstrong, New York, 1876. The other four volumes published by Bickers & Son, London, "Science and Literature" dated 1878, "The Arts" and "Manners, Customs..." state "Fourth Thousand" with no date, and "Military and Religious Life" has no date. Each volume with chromolithograph plates and hundreds of engravings on… Read More