FABLE BOOKS -- (DORAT, C.J.). Fables nouvelles. The Hague/Par., Delalain,...

FABLE BOOKS -- (DORAT, C.J.). Fables nouvelles. The Hague/Par., Delalain, 1773(-75). 2 in 1 vol. xxii, (2), 176, 177-309, (3) pp. W. 2 fine engr. fronts., engr. ti-vign., full-p. engr. allegorical plate, and 99 finely engr. head-pieces & 99 beautifully engr. tail-pieces illustrating the fables, all after designs by C.P. Marillier, engr. by Ponce, Longueil, Delaunay, Duflos, Née, (a.o.). Beautiful cont. full-grained red mor. w. raised bands, richly dec. gilt back, sides ruled in gilt, inside dentelles, brown label, a.e.g. (The allegorical plate not repeated in the second part).A splendid copy in red morocco of the "chef-d'oeuvre" of the French artist Clément Pierre Marillier (1740-1808), the outstanding French artist, who invented the illustration by vignettes at the head and at the end of short pieces of text in the style of Louis XVI. - Cohen/De Ricci 313ff; Landwehr, Emblem & Fable books, F079; Sander 508; Cioranescu 25113; Fabula Docet 102. - Fine copy from the library of Paul Menso.