Iconographie des fables de La Fontaine, La Motte, Dorat, Florian avec une étude sur l'iconographie antique. Album de 104 héliogravures de Boussod et Valadon tirées en sanguine.
by Eugène Lévèque (La Fontaine, La Motte, Dorat, Florian)
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- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Sitges (BCN), Barcelona, Spain
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About This Item
Paris: printed by Jouaust for Flammarion, 1893. First and only edition of the standard work on the iconography of French fables and their ancient sources. From a total edition of only 200 copies, this is ONE OF ONLY 20 LARGE-PAPER COPIES ON IMPERIAL JAPANESE PAPER (tête), WITH A SECOND SUITE OF THE 104 PLATES (printed in black). 4to. Bound in contemporary diced calf. Original wraps preserved. Top edge gilt, other edges uncut. Light wear to binding. Internally FINE AND BRIGHT.
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- Bookseller
- Cole & Contreras (ES)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 39094
- Title
- Iconographie des fables de La Fontaine, La Motte, Dorat, Florian avec une étude sur l'iconographie antique. Album de 104 héliogravures de Boussod et Valadon tirées en sanguine.
- Author
- Eugène Lévèque (La Fontaine, La Motte, Dorat, Florian)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- printed by Jouaust for Flammarion
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1893
- Keywords
- colebiblio coleart
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- Bibliography;
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About the Seller
Cole & Contreras
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Sitges (BCN), Barcelona
About Cole & Contreras
We are located in sunny Sitges, on the Mediterranean Coast, half an hour from Barcelona. We have been dealing in rare books since 1991.
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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...
- Top Edge Gilt
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- Edges
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- Fine
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