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Maître Pascal BLOUET

490 - La FONTAINE, Jean and Fables: a collection of 5 works
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Estimate €50 - €100
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La FONTAINE, Jean and Fables: a collection of 5 works - Selected Fables, set to verse by M. de La Fontaine, with a new commentary by M. Coste... [text revised by F.-A. Jolly.]. [Avignon, A. Bérenguier], In-12, 428 pp., engraved frontispiece and illustrations Beautiful woodcuts, pastiche binding without the title page; a worn copy bound without the title pages and the final leaves of the table of contents – CHOMPRE, [ETIENNE-MAURICE], - A Concise Dictionary of Fables, for the understanding of poets, paintings, and statues, the subjects of which are drawn from poetic history. Toul, Joseph Carez, 1787. Contemporary full calf binding, smooth spine, title label in morocco. - Aesop’s Fables, translated into French, with the moral lesson in four lines of verse, and illustrations for each fable. Dedicated to young people; New edition, revised, corrected and expanded to include the life of Aesop; Published by the Partners, Lyon, 1775. 12mo, [4]-XXIX-267-[8] pp. Contemporary full calf binding, smooth spine, morocco title label (incomplete), decorated panels. Some of the illustrations are in colour. - Jean de la Fontaine: Selected Fables, versified by Monsieur de Fontaine, with a new commentary by M. Coste, (Part One and Part Two in one volume). Published by Davits, Paris 1757. Small 12mo. 179 pp. and 275 pp. Contemporary full calf binding, smooth spine, morocco title label, decorated panels. - Complete Works of La Fontaine, Volume Three: Theatre. Paris: Veuve Dabo, 1813 Contemporary full calf binding, smooth spine, morocco title label, decorated panels. Handwritten ex libris ‘M. de la Brosse’
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About the sale Original comic strips and comic books, antique and modern books – Afternoon sale at 2 pm
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Auction time 09/09/2026 at 2:00 PM
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