Sous les orangers
BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD 1493
Author
Karr, Alphonse, 1808-1890
Title
Sous les orangers
Statement of responsibility
Par Alphonse Karr
Place of publication
Paris
Publisher
Calmann Lévy, éditeur; ancienne maison Michel Lévy Frères; à la Librairie Nouvelle
Series
Not identified
Printer
Imprimerie D. Bardin, à Saint-Germain
Date
1880
Edition
Nouvelle édition
Imprint (isbd)
Paris: Calmann Lévy, éditeur, ancienne maison Michel Lévy Frères, rue Auber, 3, et boulevard des Italiens, 15, à la Librairie Nouvelle, 1880
Language
French
Tirage
Nouvelle édition; no indication of special issue observed
Collation
320 pages
Illustrations
Without illustrations
Format
Approximately large octavo
Dimensions
Not determined
Typographic signatures
Not verified in the supplied images
Paper type
Industrial laid paper
Watermarks
Not visible in the supplied images
Printing condition
Serif type; clean and homogeneous letterpress printing
Binding type
Contemporary half-leather binding with corners
Colours
Brown and black; marbled paper boards
Decoration
Gilt tools on spine; black leather title label; marbled endpapers
Spine
Smooth spine with gilt decoration
Content description
Literary and essayistic work composed of seventeen chapters. The volume opens with “Histoire du monde; passé, présent et avenir en 140 lignes. Le règne de Dieu” and ends with a table of contents. Representative text of Alphonse Karr's satirical and moralising production
Note 1
Nouvelle édition published by Calmann Lévy in 1880
Note 2
Preserves decorative contemporary binding
Note 3
Bears old stamp of “Société Helvetia Bibliothèque Barcelona”
Note 4
Abundant foxing mainly affects the aesthetic appearance without compromising legibility
Note 5
Mechanical laid paper visible by transmitted light
Main subject
Nineteenth-century French literature
Subsubjects
French literary essay; social satire; French narrative; Alphonse Karr; moralising literature; nineteenth-century French editions
Shelfmark
1493
Condition
Good; slight rubbing and wear to edges and headcaps; abundant foxing and humidity spotting; stable paper with darkening and scattered stains
Provenance
Société Helvetia Bibliothèque Barcelona; Library of Alfred Gallart i Genis
Copy notes
Complete copy in decorative contemporary binding