LA FONTAINE (Jean de). Fables. S. l. [Lausanne], Gonin & - Lot 193

LA FONTAINE (Jean de). Fables. S. l. [Lausanne], Gonin & Cie, Éditeurs, 1929. In-4° leaves, in publisher's illustrated and illuminated paperback cover and slipcase. 32 color compositions by Paul JOUVE, some illuminated, including thirteen full-page and one on the cover; "décoration" and ornamentation by François-Louis SCHMIED, wood-engraved under the direction of Jules-Léon PERRICHON. Issued in an edition of 150 copies on vellum, this one (no. XVII), one of 20 numbered in roman for the Artist and containing, unjustified: - a "suite en couleurs - one "suite des essais de couleurs - a "suite en noir" on chine of only a few plates, sometimes in two or four states Carteret, VI, 227.