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FABLIAUX OR TALES, ABRIDGED FROM FRENCH MANUSCRIPTS OF THE XIIth AND XIIIth CENTURIES... WITH A PREFACE AND NOTES (Vol. I of II)
by Le Grand d'Aussy, Pierre Jean Baptiste
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Binding scuffed with bumped corners and surface scratches, contents lilghtly soiled. All sound and perhaps VG- but with the love
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Paris, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
London: W. Bulmer and Co, 1796. First edition. Binding scuffed with bumped corners and surface scratches, contents lilghtly soiled. All sound and perhaps VG- but with the lovely fore-edge painting. First edition. xxxvii, (iii), 280p, Selected and translated by G.L. Way, with preface, notes, and glossary [by G. Ellis]. Illustrated with woodcuts by Thomas Bewick. With an accomplished and well-detailed fore-edge painting of a coaching scene. In a contemporary binding of full black morocco, a.e.g., the spine with gilt titles and panel ornaments, the coves with small gilt rolled borders featuring flowers and birds. Hugo 95.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22362
- Title
- FABLIAUX OR TALES, ABRIDGED FROM FRENCH MANUSCRIPTS OF THE XIIth AND XIIIth CENTURIES... WITH A PREFACE AND NOTES (Vol. I of II)
- Author
- Le Grand d'Aussy, Pierre Jean Baptiste
- Book Condition
- Used - Binding scuffed with bumped corners and surface scratches, contents lilghtly soiled. All sound and perhaps VG- but with the love
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- W. Bulmer and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1796
- Bookseller catalogs
- FINE BINDINGS; ILLUSTRATED;
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Rolled
- rolled spine or spine rolled. Damage to a book created by pressure to the spine making it fold or crease in the cover. Damage...
- 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...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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