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439 - LA FONTAINE (Jean de). Tales and Short Stories. Illustrated edition. Paris, Bourdin et Cie, n.d. (1839). In-4, purple glossy half-calf with corner pieces, decorated ribbed spine, author’s name and title in gold (contemporary binding).
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LA FONTAINE (Jean de). Tales and Short Stories. Illustrated edition. Paris, Bourdin et Cie, n.d. (1839). In-4, purple glossy half-calf with corner pieces, decorated ribbed spine, author’s name and title in gold (contemporary binding). Frontispiece, title vignette, 31 plates and 5 half-titles protected by scrolls, numerous woodcut vignettes in the text after Johannot, Roqueplan, Déveria, Boulanger, Fragonard the Elder, Janet-Lange, Français, Laville, Vattier, and Férat. Spine slightly faded, joints split, scattered foxing. KF leather bookplate. (Carteret, III, 354)
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