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    By Pierre Claude Victoire Boiste
    Paris   Firmin Didot Freres, Fils et Cie
    11" by 9" [7], iv-xxxii, 756, [3], 4-241pp
    The fourth edition of Boiste's important French dictionary, an immense work of language study, in a prize binding from the University College London..
    By Pierre Claude Victoire Boiste

    1857 Dictionnaire Universel de la Langue Francaise, avec le Latin et l'Etymologie

    Paris   Firmin Didot Freres, Fils et Cie
    11" by 9" [7], iv-xxxii, 756, [3], 4-241pp
    The fourth edition of Boiste's important French dictionary, an immense work of language study, in a prize binding from the University College London..
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    Description

    Folding Plates, Leather Binding, Prize Binding

    In a full calf prize binding from the University College London.

    The fourth edition of this work.

    Folding grammatical table to the rear.

    An immense and conclusive dictionary and encyclopaedia of the French language.

    Interestingly looking into the etymology of the words, and the grammar structure of French.

    By Pierre-Claude-Victor Boiste.

    Edited by Charles Nodier and Louis Barre.

    UCL prize label to the front paste down, presented to W. Arthur Wagg in 1859. Bookplate to the recto to the front endpaper.

    Condition

    In a full calf prize binding by the University College London. Externally, generally smart, with some rubbing and marks to the boards and spine. Light bumping to the spine and extremities. A couple of small cracks to the joints. Front hinge is starting but firm. Prize label to the front paste down. Bookplate to the recto to the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and clean, with just a couple of light spots.

    Very Good

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