ESOPE EN BELLE HUMEUR OU DERNIERE TRADUXION ET AUGMENTACION DE SES FABLES En Prose & En Vers.
by Aesop; La Fontaine, Jean De
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Launceston, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Amsterdam: Antoins Michils, 1690. Book. Very Good. Full Leather. First Edition. 12mo. The very rare first edition; pp. [3-14), 15-360, [9]. Title page printed in red and black, preface, Esope in Belle Humeur (printed in red and black), La Vie D'Esope (The life of Aesop); Censure de L'Ordinaire. Numerous woodcut vignette illustrations in the text, plus head and tail pieces, the first vignette to the La Vie D'Esope page shows Aesop dancing between apes playing stringed instruments and in the background his murder is depicted. There is no frontispiece plate in this copy, but otherwise complete. Later (Victorian) full mottled sheep binding with burgundy title label to the spine; binding very good with a little gentle wear and rubbing. Contents clean and tight; a little edge-wear to the title page, which has a small old paper repair to the base, a few pages with short edge-tears. A very good copy of the scarce first edition..
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- Bookseller
- Loe Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 034148
- Title
- ESOPE EN BELLE HUMEUR OU DERNIERE TRADUXION ET AUGMENTACION DE SES FABLES En Prose & En Vers.
- Author
- Aesop; La Fontaine, Jean De
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Antoins Michils
- Place of Publication
- Amsterdam
- Date Published
- 1690
- Size
- 12mo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian; Featured Books;
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- 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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...