Le favole di La Fontaine - Illustrate da Gustavo Doré

Features

Author:  Jean de La Fontaine

Publisher:  Casa Editrice Sonzogno

Place of printing:  Milan

Year of publication:  s.d.

Necklace:  Classic illustrated library

Product Condition:
Example in fair condition. Hardback editorial binding, richly illustrated, with titles on the spine and front cover; Black threads and floral decorations on the front plate and blind threads and decorations on the back plate. Abrasions and stains of various nature on the plates and spine; abrasions to the headphones, edges and corners. Burnished cuts with dust spots and blooms. Well preserved cards, browned at the edges. Internal side edge of the title page partially detached. Minimal lack on the lower edge of paper XV-XVI. Tear at the outer edge of paper 13-14. The maps of the second part of the volume present themselves with slight waviness. Text in Italian language.

Pages:  XVI,712

Format:  Fourth

Dimensions (cm):
Height:  34
Width:  25

Description

Richly illustrated edition front and back from the historic b/w engravings by Gustavo Doré. The translation into verse is by Emilio De Marchi.

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