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FABLES CHOISIES, A L'USAGE DES ENFANS, ET DES AUTRES PERSONNES QUI COMMENCENT A APPRENDRE LA LANGUE FRANCOISE, Avec un Index alphabetique de tous les mots traduits en Anglois.
by Chambaud, Louis
- Used
- fair
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Cadyville, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Baltimore: Printed by Warner & Hanna, at the Bible and Heart Office, 1810., 1810.. Fair. - 16mo, 6-3/4 inches high by 4 inches wide. Early brown mottled calf. The covers are detached. The covers are rubbed and soiled with wear to the edges and corners and the spine is chipped. The pagination is as follows: pages [i]-vi, [i], 8-165, & [3]. The top edges of the title and preface pages have been clipped with no loss of text. There is offsetting and occasional foxing throughout with several page corners creased. An early owner's name is penned at the top of page 136. A complete copy which would be well worth rebinding.
The 4-page preface to this French language book of Fables for American seeking to learn the language is in English. This little volume includes a 67-page French-English glossary on pages 99 through 165 and a 3-page catalog in English of "Books published and for sale by Warner & Hanna".
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 95025
- Title
- FABLES CHOISIES, A L'USAGE DES ENFANS, ET DES AUTRES PERSONNES QUI COMMENCENT A APPRENDRE LA LANGUE FRANCOISE, Avec un Index alphabetique de tous les mots traduits en Anglois.
- Author
- Chambaud, Louis
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Baltimore: Printed by Warner & Hanna, at the Bible and Heart Office, 1810.
- Date Published
- 1810.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- LITERATURE; FABLES; EDUCATION; FRENCH LANGUAGE; READER; CHILDREN'S BOOK; DICTIONARIES; GLOSSARY; FRENCH-ENGLISH DICTIONARY; JUVENILE; PUBLISHER'S ADVERTISEMENT; 19TH CENTURY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; LOUIS CHAMBAUD; WARNER & HANNA; BALTIMORE, MARYL
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's;
Terms of Sale
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Payment with order from individuals. Items are offered subject to prior sale. All purchases are subject to your approval, returnable within 10 days. New York State residents please add sales tax to your purchases. All items are guaranteed authentic and as described.
About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Biblio member since 2003
Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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