LA FONTAINE (Jean de).

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LA FONTAINE (Jean de).
Tales and short stories. Illustrated edition by Messrs. Tony Johannot, Cam. Roqueplan, Devéria, C. Boulanger, Fragonard père, Janet-Lange, Français, Laville, Ed Varrier and Adrien Féart Paris, Ernest Bourdin et Cie, s.d. (1839). Large in-8, contemporary binding in purple chagrin, on the boards a large gilt medallion richly decorated surrounded by cold arabesques with initial F in the centre of the upper board, all within a frame of gilt fillets and a cold scroll, spine ribbed and decorated, lining and endpapers in white moire, edges gilt. First edition. Frontispiece, vignette on the title, five ornate faux-titres and 31 woodcut plates. Superb copy, quoted by Carteret, one of the very few on large strong vellum paper with the plates printed on chine appliqué, covered with a very fine decorated binding of the period. From the libraries of Armand Ripault (II, 1924, n° 575) and Auguste Garnier with their bookplates.
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