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LA FONTAINE, Jean de (1621-1695)

Lot 50
22.11.2023 14:00UTC +01:00
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AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationFrance, Paris
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ID 1079689
Lot 50 | LA FONTAINE, Jean de (1621-1695)
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LA FONTAINE, Jean de (1621-1695)

Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris : chez l’auteur, 1765-1775.

Exemplaire en maroquin vert de la fin du XVIIIe siècle de cette édition illustrée, en premier tirage. Le tome IV contient le feuillet "A Mme de Montespan" non signalé par Cohen. (Cohen-de Ricci, 551). Les fables p.28 et 32 (vol. 5) sont toutes deux notées CCXXIV. « Dans le premier tirage, les titres portent : ‘’chez l’auteur, sauf au tome IV qui porte l’adresse de Deslauriers, papetier.‘’ (Tchemerzine, III,876) Brunet, III, 753 ; Rochambeau, 101 ; Tchemerzine, III, 876



6 vol. in-8 (202 x 125 mm). 6 titres, 1 frontispice, et 243 planches, vignettes et culs-de-lampe par E. Fessard, texte gravé par P.-E. Montulay et Drouët (légères brunissures marginales aux premiers et derniers feuillets de plusieurs volumes, qui sont des sortes de reports de la colle utilisée pour les gardes de la reliure. T. V : mouillure en marge supérieure de 3 feuillets). Reliure légèrement postérieure (extrême fin XVIIIe ?): maroquin vert, roulettes dorées, filet à froid et encadrement aux coins en cavets doré, dos lisse orné aux fers dorés, pièces de titre et de tomaison en maroquin rouge, lettres aux fers dorés, gardes de papier marbré, tranches dorées (dos légèrement passés).

Provenance : Alexis de Redé (ex-libris).



An attractive copy, in late 18th century green morocco, of the first issue of this richly illustrated edition of La Fontaine's Fables.

Artist:Jean de La Fontaine (1621 - 1695)
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
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