The Fables of Jean de La Fontaine
by La Fontaine, Jean de
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- Signed
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
NY: William Heinemann Ltd, 1931. Gooden, Stephen. Two large octavo vols. lxxii, 235; xxii, 336pp. One of 525 copies, signed by the illustrator and the translator below the limitation statement. Gooden's twenty-six copper engravings punctuate this pleasing pair of volumes with fantastic weight and imagination. Both volumes bound in full vellum with gilt titling to spines. Vellum on second volume spotted, mild cracking along front joint of first volume, else a near fine set.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bromer Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31034
- Title
- The Fables of Jean de La Fontaine
- Author
- La Fontaine, Jean de
- Illustrator
- Gooden, Stephen
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- William Heinemann Ltd
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1931
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated Books; Fine Printing;
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About the Seller
Bromer Booksellers
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Boston, Massachusetts
About Bromer Booksellers
Bromer Booksellers specializes in rare and beautiful books. Owned and operated by Anne Bromer, who has been in the business of fine books for over fifty years, our shop carries a range of important private press books, designer bookbindings, illustrated books, children's books, and miniature books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack 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. ...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...