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725 - Contes et nouvelles en vers. 2 vols.
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Estimate €400 - €500

Description

Contes et nouvelles en vers. 2 vols. in-8° : [6]-xiv-224-[2], [8]-268-[2] pp. ; 1 h.-t. (rare spotting and faint russeting). - Beautiful edition, rare with its original title-page, most copies bearing new title-pages dated 1745 for resale. First edition of the copperplate illustrations: 1 allegorical title-front. h.t. signed Lebas, 2 title vignettes (different) and 70 mid-page vignettes by Cochin including 1 gr. by Fessard for the "Vie de La Fontaine" La Fontaine écrivant) and 69 for the tales and short stories, unsigned in the 1st edition but gr. by Chedel, Fessard and Ravenet. - Cohen ref. 557. - Rochambeau, Contes, 67. - Tchemerzine-Scheler III:861. - Prov. bookplate with the numeral "A.S.".

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Auction time 06/25/2026 at 1:00 PM

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725 - Contes et nouvelles en vers. 2 vols. See original version (French)

725 - Contes et nouvelles en vers. 2 vols.
See original version (French)