FABLES DE LA FONTAINE, edition illustree de 75 planches aa l'eau-forte par A. Delierre.

FONTAINE, JEAN DE LA (1621-1695).

Verlag: Paris. A. Quantin. 1883, 1883

Beschreibung

2 volumes large quarto 12 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches- superbly bound in thick half red morocco, spines in 5 compartments, lettered in two and with ornate floral gilt designs in the other three. Marbled boards and edges, top edges gilt. LIMITED EDITION OF 50 COPIES (number 46) on Whatman paper with the 75 etched plates in two states including one on papier de Chine. The plates are by Auguste Delierre (1829-1891). A near fine copy of these legendary fables. Jean de La Fontaine - a celebrated French fabulist collected these fables from a wide variety of sources, both Western and Eastern, and adapted them into French free verse. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 6499

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Titel: FABLES DE LA FONTAINE, edition illustree de ...

Verlag: Paris. A. Quantin. 1883

Erscheinungsdatum: 1883

Einband: Hardcover