Contes De La Fontaine
by La Fontaine, Intro by Moland, M. Louis
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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chorleywood, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Paris: Garnier Freres, Libraires-Editeurs Book. Very Good. Calf Leather. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Leather spine with six bands, with gilt titles and illustrations. Marbled boards with leather corners. (edges shelworn) Endpapers marbled. Text in French. Top edge is gilt. Beautifully illustrated with 180 vignettes by Fragonard Pere, C. Boulanger, etc. And Staal.
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Details
- Bookseller
- krokodile books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005050
- Title
- Contes De La Fontaine
- Author
- La Fontaine, Intro by Moland, M. Louis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Garnier Freres, Libraires-Editeurs
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Keywords
- Fontaine
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
krokodile books
Biblio member since 2009
chorleywood, Hertfordshire
About krokodile books
Krokodile Books is a specialist bookseller
dealing in first editions of modern literature,
illustrated books and philosophy. Krokodile Rare
Books opened for business with rare and
secondhand books in the year 2000.
dealing in first editions of modern literature,
illustrated books and philosophy. Krokodile Rare
Books opened for business with rare and
secondhand books in the year 2000.
Glossary
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Marbled boards
- ...