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Fables de La Fontaine
by La Fontaine, Jean de (Text by); Jean-Jacques Grandville (Illustrations by)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- g- to g+
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Garnier Frères, 1885. Illustrated. Hardcover. g- to g+. Large quarto (11 x 7 1/2"). [4], xxxii, 667, [1]pp. Original half burgundy crushed morocco over marbled paper covered boards, with gold lettering and tooling to spine. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Allegorical frontispiece. Illustrated title page. Decorative headpieces, initials and tailpieces. Ribbon marker. Book housed in its custom-made linen covered slipcase.
Delightful edition of Jean de la Fontaine's fables splendidly illustrated throughout with numerous witty illustrations by Jean-Jacques Grandville (1803-1847).
Some soiling to spine. Binding rubbed along edges. Minor to heavy foxing throughout. Text in French. Slipcase in overall good, binding in good-, interior in good to good+ condition.
Delightful edition of Jean de la Fontaine's fables splendidly illustrated throughout with numerous witty illustrations by Jean-Jacques Grandville (1803-1847).
Some soiling to spine. Binding rubbed along edges. Minor to heavy foxing throughout. Text in French. Slipcase in overall good, binding in good-, interior in good to good+ condition.
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- Bookseller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 44147
- Title
- Fables de La Fontaine
- Author
- La Fontaine, Jean de (Text by); Jean-Jacques Grandville (Illustrations by)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - g- to g+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Garnier Frères
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1885
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
Biblio member since 2009
Santa Monica, California
About Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
We offer a broad selection of rare, out-of-print and antiquarian books with an emphasis on photography, architecture, art, Judaica, Bibles, Weimar Germany and the Third Reich, modernism, Olympic Games, erotica and foreign-language works, especially German, Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish. We also provide appraisal, auction, consulting and rental services.
Glossary
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- G+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good. Good is defined as "describes the average used and worn book...
- 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....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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