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FABLES ET CONTES [on half title is added] "Avec un Discours sur la Litt�rature Allemande."
by Gellert, Christian-F., Gay and Moore] (translated & ed. by Claude F.F. Boulenger de Rivery 1725-1758)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Blockley, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Paris: Duchesne, 1754. Hardcover. Very Good. 70x70mm copperplate illustration to titlepage +3 copperplate vignettes by Eisen engraved by Petre-Martinasie or Aliamet or Sornique.. Duodecimo handsome brown wide spined boards red and dark green gilt spine lables and 5 raised bands, marblked endpapers. Nice bookplates of Antoine Danyau (surgeon 1803-1871), G.H. and Hilarii Gr�sy (sc Al�s 1868) lxvii (half-title, title, interesting & learned Discours Pr�liminaire on the Fable works of Gellert, Gay, Fontaine et al.) +129pp +[14]pp Explication des Vignettes, Avis de l'Editeur, Table & Privilege. *First French translation of the Fables of Gellert, Gay and Moore (Cohen col.182 "Edition originale et premier tirage sur papier verge").
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- Bookseller
- Abbey Antiquarian Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- E71511
- Title
- FABLES ET CONTES [on half title is added] "Avec un Discours sur la Litt�rature Allemande."
- Author
- Gellert, Christian-F., Gay and Moore] (translated & ed. by Claude F.F. Boulenger de Rivery 1725-1758)
- Illustrator
- 70x70mm copperplate illustration to titlepage +3 copperplate vignettes by Eisen engraved by Petre-Martinasie or Aliamet or Sorni
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Duchesne
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1754
- Keywords
- fables French German Danyau
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fable and Emblem Books;
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Abbey Antiquarian Books
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Blockley, Gloucestershire
About Abbey Antiquarian Books
We are antiquarian booksellers established in Gloucestershire, England for over twenty years. We have general stock and specialise in early illustrated and children's books and pop-ups. We are members of PBFA.
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