Fables Choisies, Mises en Vers Nouvelle Edition Gravee en taille-douce Les Figured par le Sr. Fessard Le Texte par le Sr. Montulay . Vol. I only (of 6.)
by LA FONTAINE, JEAN DE:
- Used
- Condition
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- Seller
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Ilminster, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
lxxi+100pp. 8vo contemp. French dog's paw calf, worn, joints cracked, spine damaged, This lovely edition is engraved throughout: the text leaves with head and tail-pieces, opposite an engraved plate.
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- Bookseller
- R.G. Watkins Books and Prints (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- RGW22641
- Title
- Fables Choisies, Mises en Vers Nouvelle Edition Gravee en taille-douce Les Figured par le Sr. Fessard Le Texte par le Sr. Montulay . Vol. I only (of 6.)
- Author
- LA FONTAINE, JEAN DE:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Keywords
- Paris, Chez L'Auteur Graveur, 1765. Fine armorial bookplate engraved by Ledere, numbered 78 in ink french fairy tales
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About the Seller
R.G. Watkins Books and Prints
Biblio member since 2020
Ilminster, Somerset
About R.G. Watkins Books and Prints
Established in Somerset, England in 1985, with retail premises, we now sell principally on the internet. Apart from selling to collectors and other dealers, we have many libraries and museums among our customers. Our aim is offer interesting and unusual items printed, written or drawn on paper.
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...
- 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....
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...