LA FONTAINE: Complete Fables, accompanied... - Lot 274 - Richard Maison de ventes

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LA FONTAINE: Complete Fables, accompanied... - Lot 274 - Richard Maison de ventes
LA FONTAINE: Complete Fables, accompanied by La vie d'Esope, Philémon et Baucis, etc. With the moral meaning of each apologue highlighted by J. Moronval. Paris, Moronval, 1824. Two volumes bound in one volume. 8 by 13,5 cm. (4)-167 ; (2)-212-(8) pages. One frontispiece and 18 hors-texts in colors (complete). Full contemporary basane, boards framed with a gilt roulette, decorated smooth spine, red title page, in good condition (a small hole at the bottom of the 2nd plate, corners slightly crushed. The first 3 leaves slightly worn on the margin (without loss of characters), freckles. Charming little edition here in one of the few copies illustrated in color, with popular woodcuts. A rarity.
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