
Lot 61•
LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE) Fables choisies, mises en vers, 4 vol., Paris, Desaint & Saillant [and others], 1755-1759
11 March 2020, 13:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,912.50 inc. premium
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LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE)
Fables choisies, mises en vers, 4 vol., half-titles, engraved frontispiece by C.N. Cochin after Oudry, additional engraved portrait of Oudry by Tardieu after Largilliere bound before title in volume 2, 275 plates after Oudry engraved by Aubert, Aveline and others, woodcut head- and tailpieces, plate for "Le singe et le léopard" in its second (lettered) state, some browning and occasional spotting (mostly to text), contemporary calf gilt, g.e., rebacked preserving original spines with gilt morocco lettering labels, old blue paper endpapers [Cohen-De Ricci 548], folio (405 x 268mm.), Paris, Desaint & Saillant [and others], 1755-1759
Footnotes
Provenance: Johann Nathanael Pezold (1739-1813), Bibliotheca Pezoldiana bookplate.