Tales and Novels in Verse of J. De La Fontaine in 2 vols.

by Fine Binding - Bayntun, La Fontaine, Jean de

$2,250 · Offered by Whitmore Rare Books

Paris: J. Lemonnyer, 1884. Later edition. Two octavo volumes. xi, 252; x, 334, 1 pp. Eighty-five hand-colored stipple and line engravings. Bound by Bayntun of Bath for Brentano's of New York in early twentieth century full midnight blue crushed morocco with gilt-ruled border and four-fillet geometric frame with open dots at corners. Gilt tooled raised bands, gilt ruled compartments. All edges

• Binding: Leather

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