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Heading: (Legrand, Edy)
Author: **
Title: Voyages et Glorieuses Découvertes. des Grands Navigateurs et Explorateurs Français
Place: Paris
Publisher: Tolmer
Date: [1921]
Item # : 208633
Sale Number   426
Lot Number   17
Sale Name    
Fine Books in All Fields - Wizard of Oz - Illustrated Books - Fine Printing
Sale Date   04/15/2010
Price realized   $ 96
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Description:
[32] pp. Illustrated throughout in pochoir by Edy Legrand, including 2 folding maps; also, pictorial title and endpapers. (Folio) 14¾x10¾, pochoir colored paper over boards, cloth spine. First Edition.
Classic and artistic instructional French book to teach young readers about the lives and adventures of the great French explorers, including that of de la Salle, La Perouse and Cartier.
Condition:
Heavily rubbed, light stain on upper left corner of front board; cracked at gutters between signatures, some loss to title page illustration, else illustrations bright and clean; internally very good.
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