Fables de La Fontaine.. Première partie.
Jean La Fontaine (1621-1695)
Category
Books
Date
1803
Materials
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Chastleton House, Oxfordshire
NT 3256037
Summary
Bibliographic description
2 vols. (vi, xi-xii, ix-x, vii-viii, xiii- lii, ij-xxxvj, 402, [4] p.) ;. 17 cm. Imperfect: vol. 1 only. Pages between vi and xiii bound out of order. Disbound orange ribbon bookmark inserted between pages 24 and 25. Pencil markings on front pastedown. Provenance: Bookplate on front pastedown 'Henry Rowland Brandreth' with heraldic device and motto. In ink on half-title verso 'Ch. Adalbert de Périgord Avril 1816'. Binding: Nineteenth-century marbled paper over boards; smooth flat spine compartmented with gilt-tooled fillets and decorative devices. Red spine label with gilt lettering.
Makers and roles
Jean La Fontaine (1621-1695)