FABLES CHOISIES MISES EN VERS, PAR J. DE LA FONTAINE, NOUVELLE ÉDITION GRAVÉE EN TAILLE-DOUCE, LES FIGURES PAR LE SR FESSARD, LE TEXTE PAR LE SR MONTULAY, DÉDIÉES AUX ENFANS DE FRANCE.

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6 volumes octavo 7 1/2 x 5 inches handsomely leather bound in full period calf, twin leather lettering labels, fine marbled endpapers, gilt edges. First edition. Collates as per the bibliography Cohen, de Ricci 551. Volume one- 2 engraved titles, frontispiece lxxi, 100 pages and 44 plates, volume two- engraved title vi, 102 pages and 40 plates, volume three- engraved title iv, 95 pages and 43 plates, volume four- engraved title (vi), 134 pages and 45 plates, volume five- (iv), 103 pages and 35 plates, volume six- (iv), 115 pages and 36 plates. Complete. IN TOTAL - 6 engraved titles (actually 7 as there are 2 in volume one), a frontispiece, 243 plates, 226 culs-de-lamps and 243 vignettes - engraved by Etienne Fessard after Bardin, Bidault, Caresme, Desrais, Houel, Kobell, Meyer and Monnet. Issue points - volumes 1-3 printed Chez L'Auteur, volume 4 chez Durand, Deslauriers, volume 5 chez L,Auteur, volume 6 chez Des Lauriers. Minor repair to the bindings otherwise a near fine complete copy. THE FESSARD EDITION. N° de ref. del artículo 6764

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