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436 - Marmontel, [Jean-François]. – Moral Tales.
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Estimate €120 - €180

Description

Marmontel, [Jean-François]. – Moral Tales. Paris, J. Merlin, 1765. 3 in-12 volumes bound in full contemporary speckled calfskin, with decorated raised bands on the spine, red title and volume number labels – tears to 3 cap ends – [1 folio, frontispiece-title page], XVI pp., [1 folio, table of contents, errata], 345 pp.; [2 ff., title page, table of contents], 376 pp.; [4 ff., title page, approval, table of contents], 312 pp. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Marmontel engraved by St Aubin after Cochin, three recurring allegorical title pages engraved by Duclos after Gravelot, and 23 half-page figures by Gravelot engraved by De Longueil (9), Le Veau (4), Le Mire (2), J-J Pasquier (2), J-F Rousseau (2), L. Le Grand (1), Baquoy (1), Voyé (1), W? (1). Complete;

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436 - Marmontel, [Jean-François]. – Moral Tales. See original version (French)

436 - Marmontel, [Jean-François]. – Moral Tales.
See original version (French)