Contes Et Nouvelles En Vers
by La Fontaine, Jean de
- Used
- Condition
- Contemporary full brown morocco. Aeg. Fine. 2 Vols
- Seller
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ardsley, New York, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Leclerc Fils, 1861. leather_bound. Contemporary full brown morocco. Aeg. Fine. 2 Vols. 260 & 301 pages. 18 x11 cm. Limited edition, copy 7 of 20. Ttitle pages in red and black with engraved portrait vignettes, seventy-one steel engraved text illustrations of extraordinary detail. ROCHAMBEAU 153. "Jolie edition complete des Contes." Lovely binding, raised bands, inner gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, a few pages minor age-toning. Interior contents bright and fresh.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Royoung bookseller, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23937
- Title
- Contes Et Nouvelles En Vers
- Author
- La Fontaine, Jean de
- Format/Binding
- Leather_bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Contemporary full brown morocco. Aeg. Fine. 2 Vols
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Leclerc Fils
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1861
- Keywords
- Book Arts
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
Terms of Sale
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Royoung bookseller, Inc.
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ardsley, New York
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in 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...
- AEG
- All Edges Gilt. Describes a book in which the top, fore edge and bottom of the outside of the pages are decorated with gold...