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ARTCURIAL - Toulouse Jean Louis Vedovato - Me Jean-Louis Vedovato
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LA FONTAINE (J. de). FABLES. Paris: Emler frères, 1828.
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LA FONTAINE (J. de). FABLES. Paris: Emler frères, 1828.
See original version (French)
Estimate €150 - €200
Voluntary lot
Description
LA FONTAINE (J. de). FABLES. Paris: Emler frères, 1828. Two volumes, in-8, in midnight blue calfskin, covers decorated with a blind-stamped plate within frames of gilt fillets, flat-ribbed spine entirely decorated with gilt palettes and irons, gilt title, inner border entirely decorated with a gilt roulette, gilt edges (R. P. Ginain). Stains, sometimes heavy, on the text leaves; a small loss of gold at the foot of the spine of vol. 1. ILLUSTRATED EDITION featuring a PORTRAIT and 11 ENGRAVINGS by Pierre-Nolasque BERGERET (1782–1863). This is a revised, corrected and expanded reprint of the 1818 Eymery edition. The publisher has added the warning from Book VII, which had been omitted from the 1818 edition. A fine edition, carefully annotated by Charles Nodier. A BEAUTIFUL AND FRESH BINDING decorated by R. P. GILAIN, ‘one of the finest bookbinders of the Romantic period’ (Fléty). ¶ Rochambeau, 273 (for the 1818 edition) and 395 – Fléty, 80.
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