La FONTAINE (Jean de). Contes et nouvelles... - Lot 82 - Auction Art Rémy Le Fur & Associés

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La FONTAINE (Jean de). Contes et nouvelles... - Lot 82 - Auction Art Rémy Le Fur & Associés
La FONTAINE (Jean de). Contes et nouvelles en vers. In London, 1743. 2 volumes in one small in-12 (76 x 138 mm), red morocco, large gilt floral garland framing the boards, smooth spine decorated, gilt edges (late 18th c. binding). An allegorical portrait of the author on the frontispiece, two fleurons on the titles and two arabesque vignettes. EXAMPLE in a LACE BINDING, ENRICHED with 80 ENGRAVED FIGURES taken from the London edition of circa 1770, some (8?) bearing the mention: "Engraved by MARTINET" (Cohen, 571-572). Figures of the "Cas de conscience" (II, 117), the "Diable de Papefiguière" (II, 123), the "Lunettes" (II, 170) and the "Rossignol" (II, 238), discovered. Figure of the "Jug" (II, 234) in two versions. First spine cracked at head; slight rubbing at outer margin of an added plate. Cohen, 557.
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