1870 · London and New York:
by [Fore-edge Painting] LA FONTAINE, Jean de (1621-1695).
London and New York:: Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, [1870?]., 1870. 4to. lxiv, 839, [1] pp. Profusely illustrated by GUSTAVE DORE (each story with at least one drawing, with many of the stories showing a full-page drawing). Original full dark green morocco, with blind- and gilt-tooling, raised bands, gilt inner dentelles, all edges gilt; rubbed and with bumping or wear to corners. Very good. [C330/062] With a split fore-edge painting, sometimes called a "split-double", with the volume showing a total of four paintings made after Doré drawings found within the book, 2 being side-by-side on either the left or right-hand fanned edges. Facing one direction (truncated)