Lot n° 47
Estimation :
2500 - 3000
EUR
Result with fees
Result
: 3 159EUR
LA FONTAINE, Jean de
Fables by La Fontaine, with figures engraved by Messrs Simon and Coiny
Paris, Didot l'Aîné, 1787
A BEAUTIFUL BOZERIAN BINDING WITH FIGURES BEFORE THE NUMBERS FIRST STATE 6 volumes in-18 (134 x 75mm)
Unique ISSUE at 500 copies on wove paper
COLLATION : (vol. 1) : 2 ff.n.ch., 76 pp. ; (vol. 2) : 2 ff.n.ch., 75 pp. ; (vol. 3) : 69 pp., 1 bl. f. ; (vol. 4) : 110 pp., 1 bl. f. ; (vol. 5) 115 pp., 1 bl. f. ; (vol. 6) : 140 pp., 1 bl. f.
ILLUSTRATION : 1 frontispiece portrait and 274 hors-texte etchings drawn after M. Vivier and engraved by Simon and Coiny, all before the numbers
CONTEMPORARY BINDINGS SIGNED BY BOZERIAN. Red morocco, gilt decoration, triple framing, long spine decorated, gilt edges, blue tabis endpapers with binder's signature in gold letters.
Some corners slightly tired
BIBLIOGRAPHY : Cohen-de Ricci, Guide de l'amateur de livres à _x001f_originales et rares d'auteurs français, p. 877
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