Les Amours de Psyché et de Cupidon, avec le poème d'Adonis, par La Fontaine. >>MINIATURE BOOK FROM EARLIEST TRAVELLING LIBRARY<<

La Fontaine, Jean de

Published by Fournier, J.B. Pere et fils. Paris., 1801

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231 printed pages. Lacks haf title (publisher imprint partly illegible due to misprint or historic stain; some page edges very slightly kinked). Pale yellow endpapers (lacks front free endpaper). Inner gilt dentelles. All edges gilt (somewhat worn). One of the Bibliotheque Portative du Voyageur series, renowned for being the earliest travelling library, a set of which was supposed to have been carried by Napoleon Bonaparte on his military campaigns. 69 x 92 mm. Original red morocco; spine with gilt hand-tooled leaves in lozenge shaped motifs, within scrolling french fillet horizontal gilt rules; gilt panelled covers (corners very slightly worn). Nauroy, 22. Pistner, B229:1. Welsh, 4215. OCLC, 458211201. WorldCat locates one copy worldwide (Bibliotheque Nationale de France in Paris). Seller Inventory # 5422

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Title: Les Amours de Psyché et de Cupidon, avec le ...
Publisher: Fournier, J.B. Pere et fils. Paris.
Publication Date: 1801
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good

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