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Fables, suivis de Philémon et Baucis et des Filles de Minée, précédées de La Vie D'Esope et d'une Préface par La Fontaine, Edition Variorum publiée par M. Charles Louandre, accompangée d'une Notice par M. Sainte-Beuve
by LA FONTAINE, Jean de
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Charpentier, 1861. Reprint. Hardcover. Good. 12mo. Pp. 464. Frontis. author portrait engraving. Index of fables. Red pebbled calf half binding over brown mottled boards, gilt paneled decorations and titles stamped on the spine with four raised bands. Marbled endpapers. Sprinkled edges. Corners and edges rubbed, foxing to title and a few other pages. Louandre's notes include explanation of obscure and invented words, historical allusions, textual variants, and parallels to ancient authors. An attractive copy with great shelf appeal.
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- Bookseller
- Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5022
- Title
- Fables, suivis de Philémon et Baucis et des Filles de Minée, précédées de La Vie D'Esope et d'une Préface par La Fontaine, Edition Variorum publiée par M. Charles Louandre, accompangée d'une Notice par M. Sainte-Beuve
- Author
- LA FONTAINE, Jean de
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Charpentier
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1861
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About the Seller
Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
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Seattle, Washington
About Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books was established in 1996 as a natural progression of proprietor Jeffrey Long's historical and bibliophilic interests. We are located in West Seattle and can be visited by appointment only.
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Raised Band(s)
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- 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...
- Edges
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