LA FONTAINE (Jean de). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris - Lot 221

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LA FONTAINE (Jean de). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris - Lot 221
LA FONTAINE (Jean de). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Desaint & Saillant, Durand, 1755-1759. 4 volumes in-folio, tortoiseshell calf, triple gilt fillet, ornate spine, red and green titles, gilt edges (period binding). Superb edition, illustrated with a frontispiece and 275 figures designed by Jean-Baptiste Oudry and finely engraved in intaglio by the best artists of the period. The plate for the fable Le Singe et le léopard is the first edition. A pleasant copy in tortoiseshell calf. Volume I, sections Bb and Aa inverted. Volume II, heavy spotting on the corners of a few leaves and plates in quires O and P. Restored headbands, cracked spine in volume I.
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