LA FONTAINE, Jean de. Fables choisies. Tome Premier – Quatrieme.Paris, chez Desaint, Saillant et Durant, 1755-59.
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4 Vols Folio; Beautiful contemporary binding in marbled calf, backs to 6 nerves with friezes and two gold label in red and green morocco with gilt title and number of tome, marbled endpapers. Vol. I: pp. [4], Frontispiece, ., XXX, XVIII, 124, 70 plates; II: p. [4], II, 135, 1 blank, 68 plates; III: p. [4], IV, 146, 69 plates; IV: p. [4]m II, 188 60 plates; all vol. with unnumbered half-title and Title-page; 209 xylographies in the text, vignettes in the title-pages, ornamental head and tail piece.
Beautiful allegorical Frontispiece and 275 engraved plates numbered I-CCXLV.
SPLENDID PICTORIAL FRONTISPIECE and 275 COPPER PLATES. Specimen in the beautiful and fresh first issue, as shown by the plate Le Singe et le Léopard illustrating the CLXXII story in Volume III, where missing, in the signboard of the Leopard, the words Le Léopard, added later to the original plate. The work of La Fontaine was financed by King Louis XV. It is illustrated by a fine frontispiece of Oudry, engraved by Cochin and 275 stunning figures in tables outside the text, in full page, drawn by Oudry and engraved by Cochin and by the best artists of the time. The tail-pieces and other ornaments into the text, which have greatly contributed to the elegance of the work, are drawn by Bachellier and engraved on wood by Le Sueur and Papillion.
Brunet III, 753; Cohen-Ricci 548-550; Lewine 274-275; Sander 1065; Ray, 5; D.B. Updike, I, 233; A.-M. Bassy, 24.
Some browned page, but fine specimen with wide margins. Il lotto viene venduto provvisto di licenza d'esportazione.THE LOT IS OFFERED WITH A VALID EXPORT LICENCE
Beautiful allegorical Frontispiece and 275 engraved plates numbered I-CCXLV.
SPLENDID PICTORIAL FRONTISPIECE and 275 COPPER PLATES. Specimen in the beautiful and fresh first issue, as shown by the plate Le Singe et le Léopard illustrating the CLXXII story in Volume III, where missing, in the signboard of the Leopard, the words Le Léopard, added later to the original plate. The work of La Fontaine was financed by King Louis XV. It is illustrated by a fine frontispiece of Oudry, engraved by Cochin and 275 stunning figures in tables outside the text, in full page, drawn by Oudry and engraved by Cochin and by the best artists of the time. The tail-pieces and other ornaments into the text, which have greatly contributed to the elegance of the work, are drawn by Bachellier and engraved on wood by Le Sueur and Papillion.
Brunet III, 753; Cohen-Ricci 548-550; Lewine 274-275; Sander 1065; Ray, 5; D.B. Updike, I, 233; A.-M. Bassy, 24.
Some browned page, but fine specimen with wide margins. Il lotto viene venduto provvisto di licenza d'esportazione.THE LOT IS OFFERED WITH A VALID EXPORT LICENCE
