Author: LA FONTAINE, JEAN DE
Title: The Fables; Set of Three Volumes
Description: London, Cassell, Petter, and Galpin. 1900. hardcover. Ill.: Dore, Gustave. Used, Hardcover. No jacket. Three volumes. This book does not have a publication date. It was not published in 1900. Translated into English verse by Walter Thornbury. With full-page engraved plates and pictorial chapter headings. Original burgundy cloth boards, gilt titles and bands at spine. Boards are grubby and scored. Leading corners are split. Spines are cocked and sunned, with chipped ends. Lower leading corners of vol. 2 and vol. 3 are lightly water damaged. Light stain on front board of vol. 2. Endpapers are tanned. Pages are foxed. Hinge is split on FEP of volume two, otherwise bindings are intact. Sticker residue on front pastedown and title page of volume one. Minor tear on page 523 of volume three. Contents are clear. T. Acceptable/No Dust Jacket.

Keywords: Dore, Gustave


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