Lot n° 178
Estimation :
3000 - 4000
EUR
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Result
: 2 700EUR
LA FONTAINE (Jean de). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris - Lot 178
LA FONTAINE (Jean de). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Desaint & Saillant, Durand, De l'Imprimerie de Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1755-1759. 4 volumes in-folio, tortoiseshell calf, triple fillet gilt, spine decorated, interior roulette, gilt edges (period binding). Famous edition, one of the monuments of the illustrated book of the 18th century, illustrated with a frontispiece and 275 figures drawn by Jean-Baptiste Oudry and finely engraved by the best artists of the time. The plate for Le Singe et le leopard is in second edition with the inscription. A copy in an attractive tortoiseshell binding, enriched with the portrait of Oudry engraved by Tardieu after Largillière. Old handwritten bookplate erased on the titles. Several plates slightly and uniformly browned. Defects to the binding. Corners, headpieces and spines restored, spines cracked.
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