Contes Moraux

MARMONTEL, Jean-François.

Verlag: Valade],, 'À Londres' [with the first printed title giving 'À Liège', but actually Paris, 1780

Beschreibung

A delightful edition in 'petit format' by Valade, who pioneered the format before it was made ubiquitous by his successor Cazin. The Londres and Liège imprints, of course, are false (Le petit format, Paris, 1878). The Contes moraux had first appeared individually in the Mercure, with a collected edition of 1761. The plates in our Valade edition are well-executed reductions of the Gravelot plates found in the first illustrated edition of 1763. 18mo (119 × 65 mm), pp. xx, 321, [1]; [iv], 351, [1]; [iv], 293, [1], half-titles, letterpress titles and engraved titles to each volume, plus engraved portrait (by Dupin after Cochin) and 22 plates, typogrpahic ornaments. Contemporary red morocco, gilt, triple gilt fillets to sides, panelled spines with floral tools, green morocco labels, gilt edges, green silk markers. Very slightly rubbed and darkened, two minute worm-holes to upper joint of vol. 3. A very pretty copy. [Gay I, 709-10.]. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 3042

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Contes Moraux

Verlag: Valade],, 'À Londres' [with the first printed title giving 'À Liège', but actually Paris

Erscheinungsdatum: 1780

Einband: Hardcover

Auflage: 1. Auflage