La Fontaine, Jean de. Contes et nouvelles en vers. Nouvelle edition enrichie de tailles-douces. 2 parts in 1 volume. With gest. Frontispiece and 58 textual engravings by R. de Hooghe. Amsterdam, H. Desbordes, 1685. 8°. [8] ll., 236 p., [4] ll., 216 p. Leather binding of the time with title on spine and gilt on spine (this somewhat faded, somewhat rubbed and scuffed, spine with small missing part at foot). Tchemerzine VI, 375 - Cohen/R. 555 f. - Sander 1038 - Hollstein IX, 591-648 - Landwehr, De Hooghe 62 - First illustrated edition, first printing (of 3), with the features mentioned by Tchemerzine (part 1, p. 211 with 11 lines of text; part 2, first page of the preface with 17 lines). - Little browned, lightly fingerstained in places, otherwise neat copy with the beautiful engravings in strong impressions.

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