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LA FONTAINE (Jean de). Adonis, poëme [followed by the Élégie…
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LA FONTAINE (Jean de). Adonis, poëme [followed by the Élégie…
See original version (French)
Estimate €150 - €200
Voluntary lot
Description
LA FONTAINE (Jean de). Adonis, poëme [followed by the Élégies]. Paris, Bozerian (impr. de P. Didot l'ainé), An II (1793).
In-18 (13,5 x 8 cm), 66 pp. in green morocco, smooth spine decorated, gilt title, framed with pearls and a necklace of alternating lozenge and oval pearls with arched corners on the boards, gilt roulette on the edges and the bands, pink moiré silk lining and endpapers, gilt edges (contemporary binding, attributable to the Bozérian workshop).
First separate edition, on vellum paper, of this poem first published in Les Amours de Psyché et de Cupidon.
Portrait of the author on the title. A fine copy. Leather bookplate KF.
(Rochambeau, p. 596, no. 21)
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