deletanville thomas (9 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. 5th or later Edition. The dictionary has a marbled board cover with leather edges at the front and quarter spine. The cover is much worn on its body and edges. The leather corners are much worn about through to the board body. The back cover is also much worn to the board base. The leather spine is cracked and worn. It has open tears. The print is not entirely legible. Binding is admirably virile and in full body. Although the body of the book has cracks to the spine seams the book is firmly affixed with no loose pages. There are previous owner inscriptions on the frontispage. All pages are mottled, spotted and marked by age and storage. The back of the dictionary has been affected by damp storage conditions and resulted in staining to the back papers, bubbling and crispness to the texture. Consequently these pages are more delicate than the majority of the volume. The pages are cleanly trimmed. The trim edges are marked by age and storage. All pages are clear and complete. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition of Thomas Deletanville's A New French Dictionary (London: J. Nourse and P. Vaillant, 1771), a substantial bilingual work combining French-English and English-French sections, prefaced by a concise grammar of the French language. Intended for practical use at a time when French was the language of diplomacy and polite culture, Deletanville s dictionary became one of the standard references of the later 18th century. A New French Dictionary, In Two Parts: The First, French and English; The Second, English and French.To Which is Prefixed a French Grammar, Shewing how to form the Regular Parts of Speech. By Thomas Deletanville. Published by J. Nourse and P. Vaillant, London, 1771, first edition. Now a rather scarce edition. Both parts of the dictionary are bound as one volume. A very good hardback in full contemporary calf leather, with raised bands and gilt decoration to spine. Leather is rubbed, scuffed and worn, but all soundly bound. Some offsetting and wear to endpapers. Text pages are very good throughout with only mild age-toning and a few occasional age spots, but a nicely presented copy. Some spotting just before Part 2, but not affecting legibility. With red toned text block edges, as issued. There are a few loose pressed plant leaves in the volume, which we have left in situ. Text in English/French. Only the introductory pages are numbered as xx. This section is followed by hundreds of unnumbered pages for both parts of the book. Dimensions: Approximately 206mm high x 142mm wide x 68mm deep. Weight approximately 1150g unpacked.

Brown hardback leather cover. Zustand: Good. 5th Edition. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed and marked. Hinges cracked. Some foxing. 170mm x 110mm (7" x 4"). viii, 280pp.

Zustand: Very Good. 1814. Hardback. The fifth edition. Rebound. Fine in blue cloth covers. Covers showing light shelf wear. Pages with some spotting, lightly toned, in three columns, . Text is clear and remains a fine copy. . . . .

Zustand: Very Good. 1814. Hardcover. "Pt.1 lacks t.p.; title from pt 2. Pt. I. French and English.--Pt. II. English and French. Commissioning organisation: By Thomas Deletanville. 2 v. in 1. 22 cm. Rebound in modern cloth. Fine binding with bright gold gilt title stamp on the spine. Antiquarian. 5th ed.,carefully rev., and improved." Keywords: Subjects. Not a first edition copy. . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Zustand: Very Good. 1814. Hardcover. "Pt.1 lacks t.p.; title from pt 2. Pt. I. French and English.--Pt. II. English and French. Commissioning organisation: By Thomas Deletanville. 2 v. in 1. 22 cm. Rebound in modern cloth. Fine binding with bright gold gilt title stamp on the spine. Antiquarian. 5th ed.,carefully rev., and improved." Keywords: Subjects. Not a first edition copy. . . .

Leather. Zustand: Good. None (illustrator). The fifth edition of this two-part French-English dictionary, bound in the contemporary leather. This early nineteenth century French dictionary is set out in two parts; the first from French to English, the second from English to French.With a French grammar prefixed by Thomas Deletanville, an educator of French and Latin.The revised fifth edition of this well-received dictionary.A reliable example of a French dictionary, bound in contemporary leather. In the original full calf binding. Externally a trifle rubbed to the leather, in particular the raised bands and joints; extremities are a little bumped. Contemporary ownership inscription to the title page. Internally, binding is generally firm, with a little strain at the title page. Pages are occasionally spotted. Good. book.

Zustand: Very Good. 1814. Hardback. The fifth edition. Rebound. Fine in blue cloth covers. Covers showing light shelf wear. Pages with some spotting, lightly toned, in three columns, . Text is clear and remains a fine copy. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Fifth edition "carefully revised and corrected," tck. 8vo, 2 parts in 1 (as issued), with the leaf of ads at the beginning of part II; xvi & unpaginated lexicon in triple column; viii & unpaginated lexicon; a good, firm copy in full contemporary mottled calf. Intended as an improvement over Boyer, with much hoopla in the author's preface about the merits of his own.