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Fables D'Esope: Traduction Nouvelle Illustree Par Arthur Rackham.
by RACKHAM, Arthur
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- Signed
- Condition
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About This Item
Paris: Hachette, 1913. RACKHAM, Arthur; AESOP. illustrator]. AESOP, [contributor]. Fables D'Esope. Traduction Nouvelle Illustree Par Arthur Rackham. Paris: Hachette, 1913.
Full Description:
RACKHAM, Arthur, [illustrator]. AESOP, [author]. Fables D'Esope. Traduction Nouvelle Illustree Par Arthur Rackham. Paris: Hachette, 1913.
Limited edition of 55 copies signed by Rackham, this being number 29 printed on papier du Japan. Out of a total edition of 430. With 13 mounted plates on green paper. Descriptive tissue guards. Large quarto (11 1/4 x 9 inches; 290 x 230 mm).
Full vellum pictorially stamped and lettered in gilt on front cover and spine. Top edge gilt. With gold silk ties. Vellum a bit bowed as usual. Some very light dust soiling. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Still overall a near fine copy.
Latimore and Haskell,. Riall,.
HBS 68876.
$2,000.
Full Description:
RACKHAM, Arthur, [illustrator]. AESOP, [author]. Fables D'Esope. Traduction Nouvelle Illustree Par Arthur Rackham. Paris: Hachette, 1913.
Limited edition of 55 copies signed by Rackham, this being number 29 printed on papier du Japan. Out of a total edition of 430. With 13 mounted plates on green paper. Descriptive tissue guards. Large quarto (11 1/4 x 9 inches; 290 x 230 mm).
Full vellum pictorially stamped and lettered in gilt on front cover and spine. Top edge gilt. With gold silk ties. Vellum a bit bowed as usual. Some very light dust soiling. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Still overall a near fine copy.
Latimore and Haskell,. Riall,.
HBS 68876.
$2,000.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Heritage Book Shop, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 68876
- Title
- Fables D'Esope
- Author
- RACKHAM, Arthur
- Illustrator
- RACKHAM, Arthur; AESOP
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Hachette
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1913
- Keywords
- Illustrated Books|Children|Fables|Books in French|Signed Limited Edition
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About Heritage Book Shop, LLC
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- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Fine
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- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- 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....
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
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