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FABLES DE LA FONTAINE. Serie Superieure aux Armes d'Epinal.
by LA FONTAINE, Jean de.:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Pellerin & Cie, Imagerie d'Epinal, (1902).. Inscribed 1902, text in French, folio, 425 x 320 mm, 16½ x 12½ inches, cloth backed brown boards, coloured illustrations to upper cover, lower cover is the story of Le Gland & la Citrouille with 6 coloured illustrations, pink patterned endpapers. 25 brightly HAND COLOURED sheets of illustrations for 35 fables, printed 1 side only. Most occupy a single page, some are 4 to a page, text below images or inset in a panel beside them. Head and tail of spine and corners slightly worn, a few slight chips to board edges, a slight crease across lower corners of covers, 35 mm (1½") from tip, slight scrape to margin of 1 illustration on upper cover. Front pastedown shows 6 tiny remains of paper once stuck there, inscription dated 1902 on reverse of front endpaper, several short closed margin tears within all repaired neatly with archival tape, 20 mm (¾") chip to 1 lower margin, small closed tear to lower inner margin of final plate, faint browning to page edges. A very good copy. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Roger Middleton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47301
- Title
- FABLES DE LA FONTAINE. Serie Superieure aux Armes d'Epinal.
- Author
- LA FONTAINE, Jean de.:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- Pellerin & Cie, Imagerie d'Epinal, (1902).
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- fables jean de la fontaine animals France French children's picture book livre de fables enfants francais colorie a main hand coloured Epinal
Terms of Sale
Roger Middleton
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About the Seller
Roger Middleton
Biblio member since 2010
Oxford, Oxfordshire
About Roger Middleton
We are a postal business only, selling rare and antiquarian books on interesting subjects.
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- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Tail
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