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Fables de La Fontaine
by La Fontaine, Jean de
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Half contemporary green cloth, leather title spine label, with colour illustrated wrappers bound in. Faint toning to outer margi
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Librairie Illustrée - Jules Tallandier, Editeur, 1906. First edition thus. Illustrées par Benjamin Rabier. 310 compositions dont 85 en couleurs. 316 pp. Folio (12-1/2 x 10 inches). Half contemporary green cloth, leather title spine label, with colour illustrated wrappers bound in. Faint toning to outer margins, near fine. Bookplate. First edition thus. Illustrées par Benjamin Rabier. 310 compositions dont 85 en couleurs. 316 pp. Folio (12-1/2 x 10 inches). Rabier (1864-1939) is probably most famous for the logo of the cheese "La vache qui rit
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- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 310977
- Title
- Fables de La Fontaine
- Author
- La Fontaine, Jean de
- Format/Binding
- Illustrées par Benjamin Rabier. 310 compositions dont 85 en couleurs. 316 pp. Folio (12-1/2 x 10 inches)
- Book Condition
- Used - Half contemporary green cloth, leather title spine label, with colour illustrated wrappers bound in. Faint toning to outer margi
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition thus
- Publisher
- Librairie Illustrée - Jules Tallandier, Editeur
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1906
- Keywords
- French | Jean de La Fontaine
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated Books;
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About the Seller
James Cummins Bookseller
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