LITTLE TALES by Fénelon
by [Miniature Children's Books]: FÉNELON, François de Salignac de la Mothe
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About This Item
Guben / London: F. Fechner / Joseph, Myers & Co., 1850. Original silk decorated boards, floral onlays. Faintly imprinted endpapers. 80 x 50 mm. All four volumes present. Four hand-colored frontispiece plates, and three additional hand-colored plates illustrate the "Little Tales," Volume 3 contains a frontispiece only. Each title page numbered with blind stamp "Polizei-Verwaltung zu Guben." Hand coloring is bright and fresh, onlay on Vol. 3 is not present, and the toe of the spine is chipped. A very lovely set of tales, probably printed in Germany for the English juvenile; very good or better.
Eighth edition. Contents as follows: 1. Story of Flora; The Ape; The Two Mice; 2. Alibée; The Young Princess; The Bee and the Fly; 3. A Journey to Fairyland; The Story of the Old Queen and a Young Peasant; 4. The Island of Delight; The Cat and the Rabbits; The Meeting of the Animals to Choose a King. Spielmann 152
Welsh 2798.
Eighth edition. Contents as follows: 1. Story of Flora; The Ape; The Two Mice; 2. Alibée; The Young Princess; The Bee and the Fly; 3. A Journey to Fairyland; The Story of the Old Queen and a Young Peasant; 4. The Island of Delight; The Cat and the Rabbits; The Meeting of the Animals to Choose a King. Spielmann 152
Welsh 2798.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Second Wind Books LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 580
- Title
- LITTLE TALES by Fénelon
- Author
- [Miniature Children's Books]: FÉNELON, François de Salignac de la Mothe
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- F. Fechner / Joseph, Myers & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Guben / London
- Date Published
- 1850
- Keywords
- Miniature, hand-colored, juvenile, silk boards,
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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