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1141 - Fables choisies, mises en vers [.
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Estimate €1,000 - €1,500
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Fables choisies, mises en vers [...]. New edition engraved in intaglio. The figures by Sr. Fessard, the text by Sr. Montulay [...]. 6 vol. in-8° : [4].-lxxi-[1 bl.]-100, vi-102, iv-95, [4]-134, [4]-103, [4]-115 pp. - (some spotting and foxing, mostly marginal). - First printing of this deluxe edition, one of the most beautiful illustrated editions of La Fontaine's fables. Entirely engraved on fine laid paper and illustrated with 724 compositions: 6 titles, 1 frontispiece, 247 h.-t. or full pages, 2 armorial headbands, 242 headbands and 226 culs-de-lampe engraved by Fessard after Loutherbourg, Houël, Desrais, Leprince, Caresme, Monnet, etc. - Cohen 551 (mentions 723 figures). - Reynaud 281. - Tchemerzine-Scheler III:876. - Pereire], Notes d'un amateur, 107. - Rochambeau 101. - Prov. bookplate with monogram "BDJV". - Ex-libris mod.
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About the sale Prints & Drawings, Photographs & Comics, Rare Books, Atlases & Manuscripts, Surrealism, Congo, Erotica & Ballets russes
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Auction time 06/26/2026 at 1:00 PM
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