c.1897 - The Fables of Jean De La Fontaine

Translated into English Verse By Walter Thornbury Illustrated Profusely By Gustavo Dore c.1897/ Inscription With This Date NotedHurst & Company, Publishers A collection of rhyming stories based on some of Aesop’s and Horace’s fables.Large Book Brown cloth with black stamping & silver detail to cover and spine, illustrated frontispiece, binding tight, partial crack of inside front gutter though covers secure, some yellowing of pages, light foxing to page edges, some rubbing to boards, 557pp. Rare Book with stunning illustrations Size: 8 1/2” x 11”