Trois Fables de La Fontaine


By: Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695)

Price: $75.00

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Condition: Very Good

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Pasadena, CA: Karen Dawson (Dawson's Book Shop), 1965.

Miniature Book. 1 7/8 x 1 1/8 inches. [ii], (23) pp. Half-title, color frontispiece and 3 illustrations; text clean, unmarked. Flexible vellum wrappers, gilt-titled spine; binding square and tight. CGSZ118-030. Very Good.

Edited by Karen Dawson, designed by Guillaume du ChĂȘnais, illustrations by William M. Cheney. Printed by William M. Cheney. Jean de la Fontaine was a famous French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century.

REFERENCES: Bradbury, 20th-Cent. U.S. Miniature Books, No. 1719; Jones, A Los Angeles Typesticker, No. 62.

Title: Trois Fables de La Fontaine

Author Name: Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695)

Edition: FIRST EDITION, thus

Created: 1965

Country of Origin: United States

Illustrator: William M Cheney

Location Published: Pasadena, CA, Karen Dawson (Dawson's Book Shop): 1965

Binding: Flexible vellum wrappers, gilt-titled spine

Book Condition: Very Good

Jacket Condition: None, as issued

Size: Miniature Book. 1 7/8 x 1 1/8 inches

Type: Miniature Book

Categories: Miniature Book, William M Cheney

Seller ID: CGSZ118-030

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