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THBFables of La Fontaine, Limited Editions Club 1930
About Seller
522 South Pineapple Avenue
Sarasota, FL 34236
United States
Sarasota Estate Auction specializes in a wide variety of furniture, antiques, fine art, lighting, sculptures, and collectibles. Andrew Ford, owner and operator of the company, has a passion for finding the best pieces of art and antiques and sharing those finds with the Gulf Coast of Florida.
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LiveJan 19, 2025
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- Lot Description
This set is titled the Fables of Jean de La Fontaine, published in two volumes by the Limited Editions Club in 1930, with translations into English verse by Joseph Auslander and Jacques Le Clercq and decorations engraved in copper by Rudolph Ruzicka.
The set has a gilt decorated spine and a gilt logo on the front with La Fontaine’s initials - LF - and Volume I has blank endpapers, a full-page illustration before the title page, a copyright date of 1930, a six-page Introduction (v - x), a list of Contents (xiii - xx), the text which runs to page 265 and a one-page epilogue at the end of the first volume. Volume II is decorated the same way, with blank endpapers, a full-page illustration before the title page, a copyright date of 1930, a seven-page list of Contents (v - xi), a Foreword (xiii - xiv), and the text runs to page 399, followed by the limitation page, which says the book is number 1322 of fifteen hundred copies, the top edges are gilt, and the set is housed in a slipcase.
The limitation page at the back of the second volume says the set is number 1322 of fifteen hundred copies printed for members of the Limited Editions Club, the set was printed by D. B. Updike at the Merrymount Press in Boston, and it is signed by the illustrator R Ruzicka. The paper label on the spine of the slipcase also says the set is number 1322, so the numbers match on the books and slipcase and confirm the books are a first edition set by the Limited Editions Club.
The slipcase measures 9 1/8 x 6 inches wide and is in good condition, with light wear at the edges and above the paper label on the spine, some loss on the spine, and the paper label has browned a bit, and the books themselves are in great condition, with tight bindings and clean pages and text. A great set for the La Fontaine enthusiast or anyone who enjoys fables and fairy tales or fantasy.
Size: 9 1/8 x 6 x 2 1/4 in.
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9 1/8 x 6 x 2 1/4 in.
