[BIDPAY - GALLAND]. Indian Tales and Fables, by Bidpai and Lokman. Translated from Ali Chelebi-ben-Saleh. Paris: P. G. Simon, Lambert, Humblot, Debure & Nyon, 1778. 3 volumes in-12, light calfskin, triple gilt fillet framing the covers, plain decorated spine, gilt edges (contemporary binding). Second edition, expanded by Denis Dominique Cardonne, based on Antoine Galland’s translation first published in 1724. From the libraries of Eugène PAILLET & Édouard RAHIR (No. 1653), with bookplate. Joints rubbed. Brunet, I, 938; Quérard, X, 140. A GOOD COPY IN A LIGHT-COLORED CALFSCAP BINDING ATTRIBUTED TO DEROME.
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30%
[BIDPAY - GALLAND].
Indian Tales and Fables, by Bidpai and Lokman. Translated from Ali Chelebi-ben-Saleh. Paris: P. G. Simon, Lambert, Humblot, Debure & Nyon, 1778. 3 volumes in-12, light calfskin, triple gilt fillet framing the covers, plain decorated spine, gilt edges (contemporary binding).
Second edition, expanded by Denis Dominique Cardonne, based on Antoine Galland’s translation first published in 1724.
From the libraries of Eugène PAILLET & Édouard RAHIR (No. 1653), with bookplate.
Joints rubbed.
Brunet, I, 938; Quérard, X, 140.
A GOOD COPY IN A LIGHT-COLORED CALFSCAP BINDING ATTRIBUTED TO DEROME.
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