fables de fontaine jean edward marsh stephen (6 résultats)

Tan Cloth. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : No Dust Jacket. Stephen Gooden (illustrateur). First Edition. lxxi, 469pp, illustrated with twelve reproductions from engravings by Stephen Gooden, some foxing to edges, prelims and end matter, occasional light spotting within, tan cloth with gilt lettering on spine, small tear in spine has been mended. Size: 8.75 X 5.5 Inches. Verse.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. LIMITED EDITION numbered 257 of 525 copies, SIGNED by Marsh and Gooden. 2 volumes. Quartos, 235 and 336pp, 26 copperplate engravings, publisher's full vellum over boards with bevelled edges, lettered in gilt at spine, deckle edges (covers with soiling and slight bowing, mild toning to deckle edges, solid, clean and tight within about very good). Signed by Author(s).

Cloth. Etat : Near Fine. R. de la Neziere; Stephen Gooden (illustrateur). A delightful set of Aesop and Fontaine's fables, illustrated and published for the 'Everyman's Library Children's Classics' Two lovely anthologies of classic fables from Aesop and Jean de La Fontaine.Published for the Everyman's Library Children's Classics series.In the publisher's original cloth binding, decorated with gilt and a front board illustration. Presented here with a cloth-backed clamshell, with spine label.Comprising Sir Edward Marsh's translation of Fontaine and Sir Roger L'Estrange's translation of Aesop. Both illustrated with fifteen colour plates and vignettes to Fontaine's fables and numerous full page drawings to Aesop's.Clamshell provided by Eric Sweet, a keen collector of private press and fables. He studied at the Brighton College of Art, before moving to London to work as a letteringartist and typographer for advertising agencies, later becoming the head ofBirmingham School of Printing. Sweet's bindings are unique and striking, reflecting the topics of the volumes in distinctivestyle. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with illustrations pasted to the front boards. Held together with a cloth-backed clamshell. Externally, lovely, with only a residue mark left by label to the rear board of 'Aesop'. Clamshell is damp stained to the top edge. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Near Fine. book.

Hardcover. Two volumes bound in off-white vellum boards with gilt spine printing; engraved title pagesin each volume. Untrimmed pages, Volume 1 contains LXXI, 235 pp.12 engravings. Volume 2 contains XXII, 336 pp, 12 engravings. "Limited to 525 copies of which 250 are for sale in Great Britain and Ireland and 250 are for sale in the United States of America"--Vol. 1, p. [ii]. This is number 514 signed by authors, Edward Howard Marsh and Stephen Gooden. Translated into English verse by Edward Marsh ; with twenty-six engravings on copper by Stephen Gooden. VG (soiling and overall wear to boards, pages are very clean and clear, engravings are all present, crisp and clean).

Signed limited edition of Jean de La Fontaine's classic fables. Royal octavo, two volumes, bound in full vellum with gilt titles to the spine, tissue-guarded title page vignette, genuine deckled edges, silk ribbon bound in, illustrated with 26 engravings on copper. Boldly signed by translator Edward Marsh and illustrator Stephen Gooden on the colophon page facing the title page. One of 525 numbered copies, this is number 246. In very good condition. Translated into English verse by Edward Marsh. Illustrated by Stephen Gooden. The Fables of Jean de La Fontaine represent a pinnacle of 17th-century French literature, blending classical influences with sharp social commentary. Drawing inspiration from Aesop, Phaedrus, and Eastern traditions, La Fontaine crafted fables that were formally elegant, morally instructive, and richly allegorical. First published in multiple volumes between 1668 and 1694, the fables use animals and rural settings to satirize the court, critique human folly, and subtly question the power structures of Louis XIVâs absolutist regime. Their stylistic refinement, vivid characterizations, and rhythmic verse made them not only a cornerstone of French literary education but also a touchstone for Enlightenment thinkers who admired their wit and ethical nuance.

Etat : Fine. Number of volumes: 2.