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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 and 6 only (of 6.)
by LA FONTAINE, JEAN DE:
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Ilminster, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
lxxi+100pp; 115pp; last three leaves of vol. I stained at head, last vol. p. 41 has corner missing. 8vo contemp. French calf gilt, worn, joints cracked, parts of spine labels missing, 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
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- RGW22642
- 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 and 6 only (of 6.)
- Author
- LA FONTAINE, JEAN DE:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Keywords
- Paris, Chez L'Auteur Graveur, 1765. french fairy tales
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R.G. Watkins Books and Prints
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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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- 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....
- 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...
- 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,...
- 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...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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