Lot 15
La Fontaine (Jean de) Fables Choisies, mises en vers, 6 vol., first issue, engraved througout, handsome red morocco, gilt, Paris, 1765-75
Hammer Price: £750
Description
La Fontaine (Jean de) Fables Choisies, mises en vers, 6 vol., first issue with "chez l'auteur" in imprint, engraved throughout by Fessard with frontispiece, 6 pictorial titles, 243 plates and text with 243 head-pieces and 226 tail-pieces after Monnet, Loutherbourg, Desrais, Le Prince & others (text engraved by Montulay & Drouet), vol.5 & 6 with ink inscription "Harriet Warwick 1792" to front free endpaper, book-label of Viscount Monsell, a lovely clean set in handsome early nineteenth century red grained morocco, covers with gilt roll-tool border, spines gilt in compartments with floral ornaments and five raised bands, cream and tan labels, g.e., a little rubbed and marked, some spotting (particularly vol.3), vol.IV-VI slightly darker and coarser leather with corners a little worn and rebacked to style, vol.VI preserving old spine and with small gouge to upper cover, preserved in modern cloth folders and 2 slip-cases, [Cohen-de Ricci 551], 8vo, Paris, 1765-75.
⁂ A very attractive set of this beautifully illustrated edition produced by Etienne Fessard.
Description
La Fontaine (Jean de) Fables Choisies, mises en vers, 6 vol., first issue with "chez l'auteur" in imprint, engraved throughout by Fessard with frontispiece, 6 pictorial titles, 243 plates and text with 243 head-pieces and 226 tail-pieces after Monnet, Loutherbourg, Desrais, Le Prince & others (text engraved by Montulay & Drouet), vol.5 & 6 with ink inscription "Harriet Warwick 1792" to front free endpaper, book-label of Viscount Monsell, a lovely clean set in handsome early nineteenth century red grained morocco, covers with gilt roll-tool border, spines gilt in compartments with floral ornaments and five raised bands, cream and tan labels, g.e., a little rubbed and marked, some spotting (particularly vol.3), vol.IV-VI slightly darker and coarser leather with corners a little worn and rebacked to style, vol.VI preserving old spine and with small gouge to upper cover, preserved in modern cloth folders and 2 slip-cases, [Cohen-de Ricci 551], 8vo, Paris, 1765-75.
⁂ A very attractive set of this beautifully illustrated edition produced by Etienne Fessard.
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