Auction No 420, Tag: Jean Fontaine

1 Lot (displaying 1 - 1)

"Fables de La Fontaine avec les Dessins de Gustave Dore", Hachette, Paris, 1890, folio, re-backed in fine red morocco, gilt,

Lot: 25

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Sep 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £58
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Fables de La Fontaine avec les Dessins de Gustave Dore, Hachette, Paris, 1890, folio, re-backed in fine red morocco, gilt, the cloth-covered boards worn & faded, cloth to back board torn; internally VG with most of the fine wood-engraved full-page plates after Dore clean, the last 60pp damp-stained upper right affecting the plate margins and straying on to four of the plates. A re-issue of the 1868 edition. Small ownership inscription to second free endpaper; lx,864pp