LA FONTAINE (J. de). Contes et nouvelles en vers, de Monsieu - Lot 15

LA FONTAINE (J. de). Contes et nouvelles en vers, de Monsieur de La Fontaine. New edition enriched with tailles-douces. Tome premier. À Amsterdam, chez Henry Desbordes, 1685, in-12, red morocco, gilded fillets around the covers, fleurons in the corners, arms in the center, ornate ribbed spine, gilded edges (OLD BINDING). Collation: T. I: engraved title-frontispiece, 1 title page, 7 pages (Avertissement, Préface, Table), 236 pp. 29 mid-page engravings. First collective edition and first illustrated edition. 58 mid-page vignettes by Romain de Hooghe (1645-1708). A copy bearing the arms of Countess Prévost de Chantemesle (1749-1825). Born Huguette Guyard de Changey, during her widowhood she became the mistress of Louis François de Bourbon, Prince de Conti (1734-1814), whose succession she refused on the prince's death. Without the second volume. Dimensions: 154 x 99 mm. Provenances: Descamps-Scrive (Cat., 1925, no. 64), with bookplate; Mortimer L. Schiff (Cat. II, July 1938, no. 925, reproduction), with bookplate; Émile Moreau, with bookplate. Tchemerzine, III, 859; Landwehr (J.), Romeyn de Hooghe, no. 62 (distinguishes three prints); Olivier, pl. 2188; [...], Précieux livres anciens de la collection Stéphane Clavreuil, 2023, no. 63 (for an Ovide with the arms of the Countess Prévost de Chantemesle).