Les Contes Drolatiques colligez ez abbayes de Touraine et mis en lumiere par le sieur De Balzac pour l'esbattement des Pantagruelistes et non aultres cinquiesme edition illustree de 425 dessins par Gustave Dore
by Balzac, Honore De; Dore, Gustave
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/no dustwrapper
- Seller
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Camira, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
london : John Camden Hotten , 1860. 3/4 leather cloth sides. Good/no dustwrapper. 8vo. profusely illustrated French Edition of Balzac's Les Contes Drolatiques, with the illustrations of Gustave Dore, being a volume in the illustrated Balzac (Oeuvres Illustrees de H. De Balzac, edited by A. Dutacq); illustrated with 425 of Dore's engravings; French text with no English translation; 3/4 leather with cloth sides; former owner's name-stamp to front endpaper; scattered foxing throughout (from light-med-heavy and back again), leather sunned to spine, and with wear along hinges, closed tears to head of spine; boards rubbed.
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- Bookseller
- Gotcha By The Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21294
- Title
- Les Contes Drolatiques colligez ez abbayes de Touraine et mis en lumiere par le sieur De Balzac pour l'esbattement des Pantagruelistes et non aultres cinquiesme edition illustree de 425 dessins par Gustave Dore
- Author
- Balzac, Honore De; Dore, Gustave
- Format/Binding
- 3/4 leather cloth sides
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- no dustwrapper
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Camden Hotten
- Place of Publication
- london
- Date Published
- 1860
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian and Rare Books;
- Size
- 8vo
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Camira, Queensland
About Gotcha By The Books
Gotcha By The Books is an online bookshop, working from home, in Camira, Queensland, Australia. The owner has been selling books in Brisbane since 1985, and Gotcha By The Books has been online since 2001. We specialize in Poetry, Australian Poetry, Literature, Art, Australiana, Aboriginal Australia, Rare and Antiquarian Books. We buy books on any subject (so long as we know we can re-sell them!). We are open by appointment.
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