Author: DURUY; FILON; LACROIX; YANOSKI
Title: L'Univers - Histoire et Description De Tous Les Peuples - Italie Ancienne - Premiere Partie - Annales
Description: Paris, France, Firmin Didot Fréres. 1850. leather. First volume of a two volume set. 776 pages plus maps. In French. General shelf wear on spine, corners and edges. On front cover outside corners show wear, heavier at top. Early fraying present at hinge with spine, top and bottom. Chip 2 mm across at top edge near spine. Flecks of white paint toward bottom corners. On rear cover outside corners are worn, more heavily at top. Leather binding is wrinkled near spine near bottom. Early fraying present at hinge with spine top and bottom. Spine shows some wear at top towards front, and heavier wear at base, with patchy wear / scrapes in centre above base. Horizontal leather ridges in leather show moderate wear toward centre of spine. FEP is detached and creased, and is missing bottom right corner, missing area extends 3 cm up and in from corner. Bottom outer corner of book shows evidence of water damage, which extends intermittently to page 456. Area of water damage extends between 1 and 3 cm up from corner, and between 2 cm and half page width in from corner. Text not affected. Inside front cover has label from Taylor Institution, has various smudges and tears, and bottom outer corner shows tear, missing area of coloured paper extends 2.5 cm up from corner and 3 cm across. Page after FEP has pencil writing top right. Patchy browning present on edge page block, doesn't extend onto page except on page 29. Inside rear cover and BEP have missing bottom outer corner, area missing extends 5 mm up from corner and 2 cm across. Text is clean, bright and tight throughout. Good/No Dust Jacket.

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