FABLES DE LA FONTAINE EDITION TAILLE DOUCE
by Jean de la Fontaine (1621-1695)
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
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About This Item
PARIS: LECOINTE ET POUGIN, 1834. Finissima edizione del 1834 delle celebri favole di Jean de la Fontaine (1621-1695). All'interno ampio corredo illustrativo di 247 tavole finemente incise da Gouget su lastra di rame ognuna dedicata alla figurazione di una favola accompagnata da un testo esplicativo. Vita de La Fontaine all'inizio del volume. L'opera è composta da due tomi ed è completa. Carta spessa di ottima qualità. Firma datata Besancon 1840 della vecchia proprietaria del volume e qualche nota manoscritta. In buone condizioni e completa. Copertina in mezza pelle con titolo e decorazioni in oro al dorso in buone condizioni generali con lievi usure ai margini e dorso. Legatura in buone condizioni con lievi rotture. La favola 37 "Simonide preserve par les Dieux" è staccata dalla legatura e presenta usure marginali. Pagine in buone condizioni con fioriture. In folio. Dim. 34,5x26,5 cm. Pp. (6)+(247)+(4). Very fine edition of 1834 of the famous tales by Jean de la Fontaine (1621-1695). The book is richly illustrated by 247 planches finely engraved by Gouget on coppeer plate each one dedicated to the illustration of one tale with explicative text. Life of La Fontaine at the beginning of the first volume. The work is made up of two tomes and is complete. Wide paper of fine quality. Signature dated Besancon 1840 of the ex owner of the volume and some handwritten note. In good conditions and complete. Half leather coeval cover with golden title and decorations in the spine in good conditions slightly worn in the edges and spine. Binding in good conditions with slight cracks. Tale 37 "Simonide preserve par les Dieux" is detached from binding and worn edges. Pages in good conditions with foxings. In folio. Dim. 34,5x26,5 cm. Pp. (6)+(247)+(4).
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- Bookseller
- Sephora di Elena Serru (IT)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16761
- Title
- FABLES DE LA FONTAINE EDITION TAILLE DOUCE
- Author
- Jean de la Fontaine (1621-1695)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- LECOINTE ET POUGIN
- Place of Publication
- PARIS
- Date Published
- 1834
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- 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...
- Folio
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- Fine
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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....
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...