Jonathan SWIFT
1667-1745
Gulliver's Travels
In Lilliput, in Brobdingnag
Youth adaptation
(Translation by Desfontaines)
Illustrations in the text
Paris, Hachette Bookstore, Illustrated Rose Library
(1938)
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In-12, VIII-269pp.
Publisher's paperboard in pink canvas, adorned with a special gilt iron, gilt titling,
titled and gilded spine, 3 yellow tinted edges.
Book illustrated by various illustrators
Pouget, Pannemaker, etc...
see visuals...
Cardboard: solid, small various frictions, folds or wrinkles on the back, very minimal wear on the covers and corners.
Golds: tarnished as always, lack of gold on cartouche on first cover.
Interior: good, yellowed paper as always but clean, without inscriptions or annotations, without foxing.
Body of work holding up very well
Grey-blue guards: very correct, yellowed on the edges as always but clean and not split.
As always you can ask for the combined shipping costs in case of purchase
several books or documents...
