The Fables of La Fontaine
La Fontaine, Jean de; Walter Thornbury; Gustave Doré (Illustrator)
Published by Cassell Publishing Company, New York, 1885
Used
Hardcover
From
Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
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175pp. Quarto [29.5cm]. Rebound in modern tan leatherette. Title stamped in gilt on spine and front board. Additionally, the front board is decorated with a large blind stamped illustration of a lyre. Very light soiling to boards. Textblock is toned. Sporadic closed tears throughout have been unprofessionally backed with tape. Gutter also occasionally reinforced with tape. Heavily illustrated with elaborate wood engravings by Gustave Doré. Seller Inventory # 64669
Bibliographic Details
Title: The Fables of La Fontaine
Publisher: Cassell Publishing Company, New York
Publication Date: 1885
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
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THE FABLES OF JEAN DE LA FONTAINE. ILLUSTRATED BY GUSTAVE DORE. TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH VERSE FROM FRENCH BY WALTER THORNBURY
Published by
Hurst & Company c. 1890, 1890
Used
Hardcover
Seller: Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA, Livonia, MI, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Green cloth cover with gilt and black stamped design is frayed at corners and spine caps with general wear and soiling. Boards and spine are straight. Backstrip has been somewhat crudely reglued with abrasions from old tape repairs to end sheets and paste downs. Frontispiece protected by tissue. 2" old tape repair to tile page. Pages are toned with modest sparse thumbing but overall quite clean and very good. Profusely illustrated in b&w. Seller Inventory # 15128
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