251 résultats
185697255London: Addey and Co. 1856. 1856. Fair. ILLUSTRATED WITH FULL-PAGE PLATES BY G. FATH & GUSTAVE DORE - Octavo 8-3/4 inches high by 5-3/4 inches wide. Green cloth titled with a vignette in gilt on the front cover. All edges are gilt. The covers are detached and the spine is lacking. The covers are also dampstained bumped & rubbed with wear to the edges. 232 pages illustrated with a portrait frontispiece by S. David an extra engraved title page by G. Fath 6 full-page plates by G. Fath and 8 plates by Gustave Doré. There is a 2 inch tear along the top inner edge of title page and a few signatures groups of pages are slightly pulled. Complete. The pages are bright and clean and the book is well worth restoring. <p>First edition in English published in the same year as the first French edition. Leblanc page 124.<p>An American edition published in the same year had only 6 plates by Elias Whitney. London: Addey and Co., 1856. hardcover