Bichat Xavier,Biblio.com
TRAITE DES MEMBRANES EN GENERAL ET DE DIVERSES MEMBRANES EN PARTICULIER
18021357366Paris: Mme. Veuve Richard 1802. New Edition. Hardcover. Octavo xxxii 302 pp. Good; bound in contemporary marbled paper and leather spine with extensive fading to paper and leather corner pieces missing with modern repair to torn spine; front inside cover join somewhat compromised but binding else tight; marbled text block age-toned; foxing to pages throughout; previous owner bookplate to inside front pastedown "Samuel Louis Fox;" MF consignment. Publisher given as "Mme. Veuve widow Richard Libraire rue Haute-Feuille." Her husband having died in October of 1801 she continued to run his publishing business quite successfully. She remarried in 1805 to printer-publisher Jean-Georges-Antoine Stoupe but continued using the professional name "Veuve Richard." At the back of this book from 1802 is indicated "De L'Imprimerie de Stoupe" which means they were probably both involved in the production of many of the same books well before they married. 1357366. Special Collections. Mme. Veuve Richard hardcover
Second Story Books, ABAA · États-Unis200,00 $US≈ 169,22 €
