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51 - LA FONTAINE (J. de). TALES AND SHORT STORIES.
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LA FONTAINE (J. de). TALES AND SHORT STORIES. Paris: Gibert Jeune, 1940. Two large quarto volumes, paperback, with padded covers. ILLUSTRATED EDITION featuring 32 colour frontispieces and 77 black-and-white drawings in the text by BRUNELLESCHI. Second print run limited to 3,000 numbered copies – BRANTÔME. THE LIVES OF GALANT LADIES. Paris, Éditions de la Belle Étoile, 1938. Two volumes, in-4½, red shagreen with corner pieces, embossed spine, gilt title, gilt head, cover preserved (contemporary binding). ILLUSTRATED EDITION with stencil-coloured drawings as inserts and within the text, and black-and-white drawings within the text by Jacques TOUCHET. ONE of 1,250 copies numbered on Navarre vellum – BEAUMARCHAIS. THE BARBER OF SEVILLE. P., Ferroud, 1930. Small 8vo, paperback. ILLUSTRATED EDITION by Gustave-Adolphe MOSSA, comprising 18 colour illustrations, including the cover and title vignettes, frontispiece, 5 headpieces, 5 full-page illustrations and 5 end-piece illustrations. Initial letters gilded and enhanced with watercolour. Limited edition of 970 copies. ONE of the 800 numbered copies on Arches vellum. SET OF 3 VOLUMES.
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