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Lot 133
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8 vols. 8 vols.
Illustrated Books - 19th-Century Imprints: La Fontaine, Jean de. Fables. Paris: Chenu, 1906. Translated by Robert Thomson. 4 vols in 1. 8vo, contemp dark blue straight-grained morocco; scuffed, joints & corners rubbed, portrait, 14 engraved plates, light to moderate foxing. * (Fuseli, Henry, illustrator). Cowper, William. Poems. London, 1806. 2 vols. 8vo, comtemp tree calf, spines gilt, morocco spine labels; scuffed, joints rubbed & tender. With 8 plates after Fuseli. Light foxing to front matter. Tall set. * (Retzch, Moritz, illustrator). Goethe, J.W. von. Faust. London: Leipzig, 1839. Translated by J. Birch. 2 vols in 1. 4to, original 1/2 calf & marbled bds & edges, spine gilt; scuffed, extremities rubbed. With 40 engraved plates. Errata, list of subscribers. Internally clean. * (Turner, J.M.W.; Cruikshank, George, et al., illustrators). Wright, George N. Paysages Historiques et Illustrations de l'Ecosse, et des Romans de Walter Scott. London; Paris, etc: Fisher, [1836-1838]. 4to, contemp full richly gilt green morocco, a.e.g., gilt floral turn-ins; spine faded to brown, joints & corners scuffed. With portrait & 107 plates on 95 sheets. Scattered light foxing. * George Cruishank's Omnibus. London: Title & Boque, 1842. 1st book form ed. 8vo, later 19th-century full gilt paneled dark brown morocco, spine gilt, turn-ins gilt, t.e.g., other edges untrimmed, by Riviere & Sons; minor wear. With 22 steel-engraved plates, 78 wood-engraved illus. Internally clean. Cohn 190. * Fitzpatrick, W.J. The Life of Charles Lever. London: Chapman and Hall, 1879. 2 vols. Lg 8vo, contemp full crushed green morocco, gilt, richly gilt floral spine compartments, t.e.g., other edges untrimmed, turn-ins gilt, raised bands, silked endpapers, by Zaehnsdorf; spine faded to brown, corners scuffed. Plates, extra-illustrated with approx 20 engraved & litho portraits.