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Fables De La Fontaine Avec De Nouvelles Remarques Explicatives Philologiques Et Litteraires Et Un Choix De Notes Extraites De Tous Les Commentateurs Par M. Felix Lemaistre
by La Fontaine, Jean De
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Galway, Ireland
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About This Item
Paris, Garnier Freres, 1885. 1st Edition in this form. Hardback. Qtr olished calf, marble boards; raised bands, gilt-tooling. Front hinge starting, spine bands and panel edges slightly scuffed and dulled (minor loss to top) . Remains uncommonly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 416 pages; Portrait frontis and additional plates. Precedee de la vie de l'auteur par auger et de son eloge par Chamfort.
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- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15058
- Title
- Fables De La Fontaine Avec De Nouvelles Remarques Explicatives Philologiques Et Litteraires Et Un Choix De Notes Extraites De Tous Les Commentateurs Par M. Felix Lemaistre
- Author
- La Fontaine, Jean De
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition in this form
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Paris, Garnier Freres
- Date Published
- 1885
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- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Calf
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