Fables choisis, mises en vers par Monsieur de La Fontaine, avec un nouveau commentaire par M. Coste, Membre de la Societe Royale de Londres. Nouvelle edition, ornee de figures en taille-douce. Tome Second
by La Fontaine (Jean de)
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About This Item
Paris, 1746. Full Calf. Good. Avec Approbation & Privilege du Rois. Full calf, gilt-lettered and decorated at spine, marbled endpapers, 16mo, 399 pp. Leather rubbed and scuffed, with small piece missing at rear spine edge, evidently from insect damage; some chipping and loss at crown and corners of boards, with deep scuff at crown, splitting at corners; front joint cracked; page corners bumped, small insect holes to endpapers, several early owner names and stray marks to halftitle and title pages and rear blank, otherwise unmarked; foxing throughout.
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- Title
- Fables choisis, mises en vers par Monsieur de La Fontaine, avec un nouveau commentaire par M. Coste, Membre de la Societe Royale de Londres. Nouvelle edition, ornee de figures en taille-douce. Tome Second
- Author
- La Fontaine (Jean de)
- Format/Binding
- Full Calf
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1746
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