Houdart de la Motte, Fables nouvelles, Paris, 1719, contemporary mottled calf

HOUDART DE LA MOTTE, ANTOINE

Fables nouvelles. Paris: Dupuis, 1719

FIRST EDITION, 4to (287 x 210mm.), engraved vignettes by Cochin the elder, Claude Gillot, Edelinck and others after Gillot, Charles-Antoine Coypel and others, contemporary mottled calf, central arms of Père Allard Le Roy [Olivier 1278 fer 1], crowned cipher cornerpieces within triple gilt fillet borders, spine densely tooled with same cipher and leafy sprays, red edges, joints repaired

A wide-margined copy. The contributions by Gillot – whose most famous pupil was Jean-Antoine Watteau – are particularly fine.

LITERATURE:
Cohen-De Ricci 594

PROVENANCE:
Père Allard Le Roy, arms, ciphers, ownership inscription on title-page

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Condition Report:
Condition is described in the main body of the catalogue, where appropriate.