Les Caracteres: Tome Premier Mr. De La Bruyere
1750. No Edition Remarks. 380 pages. No dust jacket. Brown leather boards with gilt lettering to spine. Black and white frontispiece. Volume 1. Binding remains firm. Crinkling to pages at gutters. Hinges are cracked with netting exposed. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Pages are moderately tanned throughout. Thumb marking present. Occasional foxing. Boards have heavy edge wear with bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over. Leather falling apart at spine, spine tail has loss. Book has a slight forward lean. Tanning to spine and edges. Gilt lettering is darkened and faded. Scuffs and scratches all over.