Fables De La Fontaine, avec on Nouveau Commentaire par Coste. Seconde Edition. Tome Second
Paris: Chez Le Prieur, 1803. Full Leather. Fair. Item #021506
Full leather. 348 pp. Small illustrations throughout, 216 according to the title page. A selection of fables from Fontaine, with introductory commentary/history by Coste. All text in FRENCH. FAIR condition. Heavy scuffing and wear to the leather covers, including peeling and loss at the corners and along the extremities. Small triangular piece missing from the lower rear corner. Leather peeled away at the head and tail of the spine, with heavy flaking to the leather along the entire backstrip. Hinges splitting along the exterior. Covers weak, but intact. Several owners' signatures in the interior. Scattered foxing throughout the book.
Price: $40.00