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The Fables of La Fontaine
by La Fontaine, Jean de; Thornbury, Walter
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Webster, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, 1887. Reissue. Full-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Dore, Gustave. Rebacked with new leather, gilt titles and decorations sympathetic to original style, first gathering repaired at binding with tissue. Boards lightly stained, front matter lightly foxed, pages 25-32 and 49-120 darker than the rest (these editions often used different paper stock that toned at different rates). 1887 Full-Leather. lxiv, 839, [3] pp. Royal 4to. 12 3/4 x 10. Leather boards with gilt decorative borders, all edges gilt, yellow endpapers. Translated into English verse by Walter Thornbury, with 86 full-page engraved illustrations and numerous vignettes by Gustave Dore throughout. First published between 1668 and 1693, the Fables of La Fontaine rank among the masterpieces of French literature. This edition includes all the fables (nearly 250), as well as An Essay on the Life and Works of Jean de la Fontaine, The Life of Aesop, the Phrygian, a dedication to Monseigneur the Dauphin, a preface, and a poem addressed to Monseigneur the Dauphin.
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- Bookseller
- Yesterday's Muse Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2301394
- Title
- The Fables of La Fontaine
- Author
- La Fontaine, Jean de; Thornbury, Walter
- Illustrator
- Dore, Gustave
- Format/Binding
- Full-Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reissue
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cassell, Petter, and Galpin
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1887
- Size
- 0x0x0
- Weight
- 10.13 lbs
- Keywords
- FRENCH LITERATURE FRANCE FABLES GUSTAVE DORE JEAN DE LA FONTAINE
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About the Seller
Yesterday's Muse Books
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Webster, New York
About Yesterday's Muse Books
Yesterday's Muse Inc. is an independent used & rare bookseller that has been in operation for over 15 years. We opened our first 'brick and mortar' storefront in December of 2008 in our hometown of Webster, NY.Owner Jonathan Smalter is a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA), former vice president of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA), both of which are trade organizations created to promote ethical online selling practices, and to encourage continuing education among fellow booksellers. He is also a 2011 graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (CABS). He has nearly 20 years of experience in the book trade, during which time he has become adept at evaluating used and collectible books.
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- Gilt
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- Foxed
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- Jacket
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- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
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