La Fontaine (Jean de) Fables, 2 vol., engraved frontispiece and plates by Simon & Coigny after Vivier (unnumbered), some light foxing, bookplate of Lawrence Currie, attractive near contemporary straight-grain sea-green morocco with triple gilt fillet, flat spines with detailed all-over floral ornaments in gilt and shaped dark red morocco labels, g.e., some spotting and fading particularly to lower cover of vol.1, very slightly rubbed, preserved together in modern cloth drop-back box, [cf.Cohen-de Ricci 553, 1787 edition], Paris, Didot l'aîné, 1789; Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., half-title in vol.2 only, 2 engraved portraits, plates and tail-pieces by Choffard after Eisen, modern half morocco over marbled boards, g.e., preserved in modern cloth drop-back box, [Cohen-de Ricci 573], Paris, Plaisan & Chevalier, 1792; and 15 others, La Fontaine, 8vo et infra (19)
⁂ The spine on the binding of the first uses many of the same tools as those in plate XVIII in Ramsden's London Book Binders 1780-1840, attributed to Charles Lewis.
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