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211 - MARMONTEL, Jean-François.
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Estimate €150 - €300
Description
MARMONTEL, Jean-François. MORAL TALES. PARIS: MERLIN, 1765. Three volumes, in-12 (17 x 10 cm), with frontispiece, engraved title page, XVI pp., (1) f., one full-page engraving, 345 pp. – engraved title page, (1) f., one full-page engraving, 376 pp. – engraved title page, (1) f., one full-page engraving, 312 pp., (2) ff., full bindings in marbled calfskin. Smooth, richly decorated and gilt spines bearing gilt titles on patches of old red morocco, gilt fillet on the edges, red edges. Minor wear to a few corners, a tear in the margin of the first two folios of Volume I. First illustrated edition of Gravelot’s exquisite series. The illustrations include a portrait by Cochin, engraved by St. Aubin; a frontispiece title by Gravelot, engraved by Duclos and repeated in all three volumes; and 23 figures by Gravelot, engraved by Baquoy, Le Grand, Le Mire, Le Veau, de Longueil, Pasquier… Gravelot’s illustrations are the finest this master ever produced (Cohen).
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Closing date 10/06/2026 at 8:00 PM
ID: 89078148
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