(Illustrated Book)
The Fables of Jean de La Fontaine.
NY: William Heinemann Ltd., 1931. Two large octavo vols. lxxii, 235; xxii, 336pp. One of 525 copies, signed by the illustrator and the translator below the limitation statement. Gooden's twenty-six copper engravings punctuate this pleasing pair of volumes with fantastic weight and imagination. Both volumes bound in full vellum with gilt titling to spines. Vellum on second volume spotted, mild cracking along front joint of first volume, else a near fine set. Item #31034
Price: $600.00
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By This Author: Jean de La Fontaine
By This Illustrator: Gooden, Stephen
By This Publisher: William Heinemann Ltd.