- 35
La Fontaine, Jean de.
Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 GBP
Log in to view results
bidding is closed
Description
- Fables choisies. Paris: chez Desaint & Saillant, & Durand, 1755-1759
- paper
4 volumes, folio (459 x 306mm.), engraved frontispiece and 275 plates after Oudry, engraved by Aubert and others (that for "Le singe et le léopard" before letters), contemporary mottled calf gilt, a few inner margins in volume 1 repaired at head, pp.i-iv misbound at beginning of volume 3, some light spotting, damp-staining or browning in margins, bindings slightly rubbed at edges, some joints cracked
Provenance
"Mr Dusseaux", inscription dated "le 7 frimaire au 9eme [28 November, 1800]"; Constantin Carathéodory, bookplate
Literature
Cohen-de Ricci 548; Rochambeau Fables/86