LA FONTAINE (Jean de). Fables. Paris, H. Fournier ainé, Éditeur, & Perrotin,1838. 2 volumes in-8°, raspberry glazed calf, triple framing of gilt fillets decorating the covers, fleuron at the corners, ornate ribbed spines, gilt edges (Dumergue). FIRST EDITION. 120 plates engraved by Jean-Jacques GRANDVILLE. Enriched with a portrait and twelve etchings on Arches laid paper by Paul-Edme LE RAT from the edition of Les Fables (Jouaust, 1885). Spine slightly darkened; rare spotting at the beginning of Volume I.
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€500
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LA FONTAINE (Jean de). Fables. Paris, H. Fournier ainé, Éditeur, & Perrotin,1838.
2 volumes in-8°, raspberry glazed calf, triple framing of gilt fillets decorating the covers, fleuron at the corners, ornate ribbed spines, gilt edges (Dumergue).
FIRST EDITION.
120 plates engraved by Jean-Jacques GRANDVILLE.
Enriched with a portrait and twelve etchings on Arches laid paper by Paul-Edme LE RAT from the edition of Les Fables (Jouaust, 1885).
Spine slightly darkened; rare spotting at the beginning of Volume I.
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