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THE FABLES OF LA FONTAINE
(0)Prior Owner’s (John George Hodgins) bookplate affix to front inner board
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Cassell, Petter & Galpin, London Paris & New York, no date. Translated into English Verse by Walter Thornbury and illustrations by Gustave Dore. Very large heavy hard cover, 839 pages follow by 4 pages of ads. Blue cloth over boards with gilt lettering and illustrations on front and spine. Front board detached with sections of cloth missing, corners worn to boards; spine worn and darkened with several repairs and some pieces of cloth missing. Rear board has been taped in and still holding but is weak. Dark blue end-papers and paste-downs; frontis of La Fontaine with tissue guard laid in; all edges gilt. Pages and illustrations are all present. Small drop in margins of pp. 335 and 381; occasional age spot; pages lightly tanned. Includes An Essay on the Life and Works of Jean de La Fontaine; The Life of Aesop, The Phrygian; Dedication to Monseigneur the Dauphin; Preface; To Monseigneur the Dauphin; 241 fables, and 86 full page illustrations by Dore. John George Hodgins (1821-1912) was a Canadian author and Deputy Minister of Education for Ontario. Aside from various honours and awards received, he was considered instrumental in perfecting the Ontario school system at that time.
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