La Fontaine, Jean de.
La Fontaine, Jean de.
Fables choisis, mises en verse. Four volumes. With gest. Frontispiece, 274 (st. 275) copper plates after J. B. Oudry, engraved by C. N. Cochin, Aubert, Aveline, Bacquoy, Beauvais and others with large end vignettes and 4 woodcut title vignettes. (in repeat).
Paris, Jombert for Desaint, Saillant and Durand, 1755-59. Folio. Full leather, currently over wooden covers on 6 frets, each with 2 gilt labels, rich floral gilding on the back, fillets on the covers, corner fleurons, gilding of the standing edges and gold leaf (vol. I back expertly restored using the old cover, vol. II 1 back label renewed in the style of the present; slightly rubbed, corners bruised, scratches and scrapes
).
Cohen/R. 548f - Sander 1065 - Lewine 274 - Fürstenberg cat. 19 - Rochambeau 86 - Lebaudy I, 183 - Beraldi II, 134 - Tchemerzine III, 874-875 - First edition of the classical Oudry edition with the banderole before the writing "Le Léopard" on the plate "Le Singe et le Léopard", vol. III, p. 111. - "The edition of the Fables illustrated by Oudry justifies its reputation as the major work of the middle of the Louis XV era [...] The size of the project, the certainty of the skill, the versatility despite some repetition due to the subject matter, secure this work its special position for all time. (Fürstenberg, p. 75). - It is missing the used portrait and the plate "Le Menuier, son fils, et l'Âne. A. M. D. M. Fable XLIII. 3e. planche" in Volume I. - Inner joints Volume I reinforced. Margins browned (partly on all sides), weakly foxing and finger stains in places. Clean copy overall.
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La Fontaine, Jean de.
Fables choisis, mises en verse. Four volumes. With gest. Frontispiece, 274 (st. 275) copper plates after J. B. Oudry, engraved by C. N. Cochin, Aubert, Aveline, Bacquoy, Beauvais and others with large end vignettes and 4 woodcut title vignettes. (in repeat).
Paris, Jombert for Desaint, Saillant and Durand, 1755-59. Folio. Full leather, currently over wooden covers on 6 frets, each with 2 gilt labels, rich floral gilding on the back, fillets on the covers, corner fleurons, gilding of the standing edges and gold leaf (vol. I back expertly restored using the old cover, vol. II 1 back label renewed in the style of the present; slightly rubbed, corners bruised, scratches and scrapes
).
Cohen/R. 548f - Sander 1065 - Lewine 274 - Fürstenberg cat. 19 - Rochambeau 86 - Lebaudy I, 183 - Beraldi II, 134 - Tchemerzine III, 874-875 - First edition of the classical Oudry edition with the banderole before the writing "Le Léopard" on the plate "Le Singe et le Léopard", vol. III, p. 111. - "The edition of the Fables illustrated by Oudry justifies its reputation as the major work of the middle of the Louis XV era [...] The size of the project, the certainty of the skill, the versatility despite some repetition due to the subject matter, secure this work its special position for all time. (Fürstenberg, p. 75). - It is missing the used portrait and the plate "Le Menuier, son fils, et l'Âne. A. M. D. M. Fable XLIII. 3e. planche" in Volume I. - Inner joints Volume I reinforced. Margins browned (partly on all sides), weakly foxing and finger stains in places. Clean copy overall.
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