LA FONTAINE, Jean de (1621-1695), VOLTAIRE (1694-1778), Charles PERRAULT (1628-1703) et d`autres - photo 1
LA FONTAINE, Jean de (1621-1695), VOLTAIRE (1694-1778), Charles PERRAULT (1628-1703) et d`autres - photo 2
LA FONTAINE, Jean de (1621-1695), VOLTAIRE (1694-1778), Charles PERRAULT (1628-1703) et d`autres - photo 3

LA FONTAINE, Jean de (1621-1695), VOLTAIRE (1694-1778), Charles PERRAULT (1628-1703) et d`autres

Lot 65
22.11.2023 14:00UTC +01:00
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€ 4 032
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationFrance, Paris
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Lot 65 | LA FONTAINE, Jean de (1621-1695), VOLTAIRE (1694-1778), Charles PERRAULT (1628-1703) et d'autres
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€ 3 000 – 4 000
LA FONTAINE, Jean de (1621-1695), VOLTAIRE (1694-1778), Charles PERRAULT (1628-1703) et d'autres

Recueil des meilleurs contes en vers. Londres [Paris ou Liège] : s.n. [Cazin], 1778.

Ravissant exemplaire de premier tirage en maroquin vert. Ce recueil, connu sous le nom de "Petits Conteurs", se compose des Contes et nouvelles en vers par M. de La Fontaine pour les deux premiers volumes, des Contes et nouvelles en vers de Votaire, Vergier, Sénecé, Perrault, Moncrif et Ducerceau pour le troisième volume et des Contes et nouvelles en vers de Grécourt, Autereau, Saint-Lambert, Champfort, Piron, Dorat, La Monnoye et Neufchateau pour le quatrième volume. Des bibliothèques du baron de Claye, journaliste au Monde et au Gaulois et de l'industriel Laurent Meeûs. Rochambeau, Contes, n° 93 ; Cohen-de Ricci, col. 859-860.



4 vol. petit in-12 (120 x 69 mm). Un des 60 exemplaires du premier tirage, avec inversion des vignettes de la Courtisane amoureuse et de Nicaise (tome 2, pp. 105 et 119). Illustré d'un portrait de La Fontaine en frontispice et 65 vignettes dans les tomes I et II, 23 vignettes dans le tome III et 28 vignettes dans le tome 4, toutes en noir et blanc, attribuées à Duplessis-Bertaux et Dreppe (très légère restauration en marge du feuillet F2 du tome 4, sans atteinte au texte). Reliure de l'époque : maroquin vert, triple filet doré en encadrement des plats et fleurons dorés aux angles, dos à nerfs richement orné, pièces de titre et de tomaison en maroquin rouge, tranches dorées.

Provenance : Anatole Lebas de Girangy Claye (ex-libris) -- Laurent Meeus (ex-libris "Aimé Laurent") -- Alexis de Redé (ex-libris)



First issue. Beautiful copy bound in green morocco.

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