La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en Vers, 2 vol. in 1, one of 150 copies with plates before
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La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en Vers, 2 vol. in 1, one of 150 copies on vélin with plates before letters, from an edition limited to 550, half-title to vol.1, engraved title-vignettes by Choffard, 20 engraved plates after Fragonard and others, all before letters, with final blank at end of vol.2, a few plates with light foxing, title to vol.2 loose, contemporary tan calf with triple gilt fillet border, g.e., a little rubbed, rebacked preserving old gilt spine with red roan label, corners repaired, [Cohen-de Ricci 573; Ray, French 77], (c.305 x 225mm.), Paris, P.Didot l'aîné, 1795; with an album containing mounted portrait of La Fontaine by Audouin after Rigault and a mixed set of the same plates after letters, some slightly trimmed, paper guards, nineteenth century red morocco-backed marbled boards, spine gilt with five raised bands, g.e., rubbed, corners repaired, together in modern red morocco-backed cloth drop-back box, 4to*** Handsome edition intended to be illustrated with 80 engravings after Fragonard but Cohen-de Ricci states that subscribers vanished due to the French Revolution and no more illustrations were published.
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La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en Vers, 2 vol. in 1, one of 150 copies with plates before
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