La Mythologie, Racontée aux Enfants.

LAMÉ FLEURY, Jules-Raymond (1797-circa1870).

Paris: Librairie Dufart, 1840. [Children's Mythology] FINELY BOUND THIRD EDITION. Duodecimo (14 x 9cm), pp.viii; 324. All text in French. With 15 engraved plates at rear. Contemporary blue half calf, with gilt titles and ruling to spine, and blue marbled cloth over boards. All edges speckled red, with green-coated endpapers. A small ownership to fly-leaf. Quite heavy spotting throughout. Light wear to binding, recently re-coloured. Very good. A popular French guide to mythology for children, including stories relating to Hinduism, Mithraism, Egyptian gods, the myths of Greece and Rome, and stories from Norse mythology. Item #60187

Price: £50.00