LA FONTAINE, Jean de (1621-1695) - Contes et nouvelles en vers. Amsterdam: [s.e.], 1764.

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Lot 80 | LA FONTAINE, Jean de (1621-1695) - Contes et nouvelles en vers. Amsterdam: [s.e.], 1764.
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€ 300 – 500
LA FONTAINE, Jean de (1621-1695) - Contes et nouvelles en vers. Amsterdam: [s.e.], 1764.

An elegant copy in red morocco of this imitation of the Fermiers-Généraux's 1762 edition of this text by La Fontaine which was one of the most famous French illustrated books of the 18th-century.

2 volumes, 8vo (188 x 118mm). Half-titles, frontispiece to the first volume with engraved portrait of La Fontaine, 80 full-page engraved plates, numerous vignettes and engraved culs-de-lamp. Elegant red morocco signed Dubois d'Enghien decorated in gilt with gilt title on covers, gilt edges and precious endpapers in blue velvet with red and gold morocco borders; preserved in a modern decorated paper case. (2)
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