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JEAN DE LA FONTAINE THE FABLES A Selection Rendered into the English Language by Elizur Wright and adorned throughout with Illustrations & Decorations after Gustave Dor�
by La Fontaine, Jean de (1621-1695) translated by Elizur Wright
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Blockley, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London printed in Spain: Jupiter Books 1st thus, 1975. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Frontispiece portrait of La Fontaine with illustrations (about 30 full-page + text illustrations on yellow half column) after Gustave Dor�.. Small quarto cloth in dust jacket (tips rubbed) 224pp. Text in French and English. Corner of front endpaper cut away else V.G. *Taken from the 1867 edition.
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- Bookseller
- Abbey Antiquarian Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- E49928
- Title
- JEAN DE LA FONTAINE THE FABLES A Selection Rendered into the English Language by Elizur Wright and adorned throughout with Illustrations & Decorations after Gustave Dor�
- Author
- La Fontaine, Jean de (1621-1695) translated by Elizur Wright
- Illustrator
- Frontispiece portrait of La Fontaine with illustrations (about 30 full-page + text illustrations on yellow half column) after Gu
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Jupiter Books 1st thus
- Place of Publication
- London printed in Spain
- Date Published
- 1975
- Keywords
- fables Aesop
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fable and Emblem Books;
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About the Seller
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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