LA FONTAINE (Jean de) & FRAGONARD (Jean-Honoré). Contes - Lot 53

LA FONTAINE (Jean de) & FRAGONARD (Jean-Honoré). Contes [...] avec illustrations de Fragonard, reprint of Didot's 1795 edition, revised and expanded with a notice by Anatole de Montaiglon. Paris, Lemonnyer, 1883. 2 vols. large in-4 (33 x 26.5 cm), glazed blond calf, ornate ribbed spines, title and appendix pieces, triple fillet framing the boards, gilt head, double fillet on the edges, wide inner lace, edged slipcases (period binding). Two portraits (La Fontaine and Fragonard) and 150 plates hors texte (drawings and finished engravings) after Fragonard. Small stains on boards, foxing, otherwise a good, well-bound copy. Leather bookplate KF. (Rochambeau, p. 553, n° 178)