1838. BOOK: (BIBLIOPHILIA-BINDING). LA FONTAINE, JEAN DE; GRANDVILLE...
1838. BOOK: (BIBLIOPHILIA-BINDING). LA FONTAINE, JEAN DE; GRANDVILLE [Ill.]: FABLES DE... Paris: Éd. H. Fournier Ainé, 1938. 2 vols. in 4th minor. I: 3 h. + XXVIII + 202 p. II: 2 h. + 312 p. Illustrated by GRANDVILLE. Two volumes of vintage gilding by DAVID in green tape, both planes with triple golden fillet and golden adornments in the corners, curdled loin, nerves, edges and eyebrows with golden fret, golden cuts; slightly grazed tips, the previous plane with some slight staining. Good specimen, very clean.
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1838. BOOK: (BIBLIOPHILIA-BINDING). LA FONTAINE, JEAN DE; GRANDVILLE [Ill.]: FABLES DE... Paris: Éd. H. Fournier Ainé, 1938. 2 vols. in 4th minor. I: 3 h. + XXVIII + 202 p. II: 2 h. + 312 p. Illustrated by GRANDVILLE. Two volumes of vintage gilding by DAVID in green tape, both planes with triple golden fillet and golden adornments in the corners, curdled loin, nerves, edges and eyebrows with golden fret, golden cuts; slightly grazed tips, the previous plane with some slight staining. Good specimen, very clean.