THE FABLES OF LA FONTAINE, Translated into English Verse by Walter Thornbury. With Three Hundred Illustrations by Gustave Dore, and One Hundred Etchings by Famous French Etchers. Two volume set.
by La Fontaine, Jean de; Gustave Dore
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good+ condition
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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- Bookseller
- Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA) (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010325
- Title
- THE FABLES OF LA FONTAINE, Translated into English Verse by Walter Thornbury. With Three Hundred Illustrations by Gustave Dore, and One Hundred Etchings by Famous French Etchers. Two volume set.
- Author
- La Fontaine, Jean de; Gustave Dore
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good+ condition
- Edition
- First thus edition
- Publisher
- Cassell & Company, Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1885
- Size
- Folio
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
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