Description
Jean de LA FONTAINE. Fables set in verse. Paris, Crès, 1924. 2 volumes in-8, burgundy half-maroquin with corners, spine with 4 ornate nerves, gilt heads, cover and spine (Flammarion). I. (2f.)-XLV-285-(1f.). / II. (2f.)-II-373-(1f.). Portrait of the author after De Troy and illustrations by Maurice de Becque. One of 1850 copies on Rives (n°22). Copy enriched with a suite of 13 etching plates by Courtry (2), Flameng (4), Hédouin (1), Jouaust (1), Laguillermie (2), Lalauze (1) and Lefort (2). Spines faded. Attached : LONGUS. Daphnis et Chloé. Paris, Romagnol, 1921. In-16, royal blue jansenist morocco, spine with 5 nerves, gilt head, cover and spine (Flammarion Vaillant). Cover by Conconi and 48 drawings in colours by Rossi (vellum, n° 60). - Henri MALO. La Vie de Monsieur Du Guay-Trouin. Paris, Éditions littéraires de France, 1949. In-4, black chagrin, spine with 5 nerves decorated with gilt irons (M. Lambert). 22 woodcuts in colours by Guy Arnoux (Rives, n° 356). Spine faded and case damaged.
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Jean de LA FONTAINE. Fables set in verse. Paris, Crès, 1924. 2 volumes in-8, burgundy half-maroquin with corners, spine with 4 ornate nerves, gilt heads, cover and spine (Flammarion). I. (2f.)-XLV-285-(1f.). / II. (2f.)-II-373-(1f.). Portrait of the author after De Troy and illustrations by Maurice de Becque. One of 1850 copies on Rives (n°22). Copy enriched with a suite of 13 etching plates by Courtry (2), Flameng (4), Hédouin (1), Jouaust (1), Laguillermie (2), Lalauze (1) and Lefort (2). Spines faded. Attached : LONGUS. Daphnis et Chloé. Paris, Romagnol, 1921. In-16, royal blue jansenist morocco, spine with 5 nerves, gilt head, cover and spine (Flammarion Vaillant). Cover by Conconi and 48 drawings in colours by Rossi (vellum, n° 60). - Henri MALO. La Vie de Monsieur Du Guay-Trouin. Paris, Éditions littéraires de France, 1949. In-4, black chagrin, spine with 5 nerves decorated with gilt irons (M. Lambert). 22 woodcuts in colours by Guy Arnoux (Rives, n° 356). Spine faded and case damaged.
