LA FONTAINE (Jean de). Contes et Nouvelles en vers. Paris, P - Lot 38

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LA FONTAINE (Jean de). Contes et Nouvelles en vers. Paris, P - Lot 38
LA FONTAINE (Jean de). Contes et Nouvelles en vers. Paris, Plassan et Chevalier, 1792. 2 vol. in-8, shagreened basane, spines in ornate antique red calf, dark green titles and giblets, scrollwork at the edges (slightly later binding). Rare reprint of the 1762 Fermiers généraux edition, with 2 frontispiece portraits, 80 plates by Eisen and 3 rejected plates, all under serpents. Scattered freckles and marginal repairs, trace of tape on p. 31 of vol. 1, head cap of vol. 2 fragile, otherwise a good copy. Engraved bookplate Michel CAIL, leather bookplate KF. (Rochambeau, p. 531, n°101)
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