Hardcover
1714 · Paris
by Claude de Ferrière
Paris: Nicolas Gosselin, 1714. Original. Hardcover. No extraneous marks to text block but copy is diocese ex-lib. with blind stamps to ffep, half title, title page, and leaf 380-81; book plate inside back cover. Covers detached but present. Spine missing. Text block split (cleanly) at one spot. Pages from ffep through first page of real text are detached but laid in.. Brown leather/boards. Marbled paste-downs. Paginated by colum (2 per page/4 per leaf), not by page. Total number of text PAGES is 971. No illustrations but for a small bw illus. at sections ends and one at title page bottom. Heavy (10 pounds) and a bit oversize. Will require extra postage. Text in French. Works and compilation of all the ancient and modern commentators on the custom of Paris... Candidate for rebinding.
(Inventory #: 156241)