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La Fontaine et ses fables
by Taine, Hippolyte
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Condition
- Seller
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Paris: Hachette, 1885. 10th Edition. Hardcover (Half Leather). Good Condition. 18 x 12 cm. Contemporary black half leather over blue and gold marbled sides, gilt-tooled raised bands to spine, red sprinkled edges. Bookplate of F. Britton Morley to front pastedown, and initials F.B.M. stamped in gilt on spine. Extremities a little rubbed, head of spine lightly scuffed, leather spine label chipped, minor foxing throughout but text mostly clean, bindings firm, in good condition overall. Size: 18 x 12 cm. 347 pp.. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; 45; Add. Inventory No: 211105VFAQ0526. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Barnaby
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 211105VFAQ0526
- Title
- La Fontaine et ses fables
- Author
- Taine, Hippolyte
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Half Leather)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 10th Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hachette
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1885
- Size
- 18 x 12 cm
- Keywords
- BZDB428 BOOKS FROM THE VOLTAIRE FOUNDATION ANTIQUARIAN & RARE BZDB428 RARE; FOUNDATION; FRENCH LANGUAGE; TAINE, HIPPOLYTE LA FONTAINE ET SES FABLES Antiquarian & Rare; 45; Taine, Hippolyte La Fontaine et ses fables
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About the Seller
Barnaby
Biblio member since 2019
Oxford, Oxfordshire
About Barnaby
I am a collector and seller of secondhand books, based in Oxford, UK. I have a general stock, but tend to specialise in academic non-fiction. I am committed to providing the highest possible standards of customer service, and offer high quality books, at competitive prices. All orders are shipped within 3 working days. If you have a query about a book or an order, please don't hesitate to contact me.
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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....
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- 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...
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