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402 - La Motte, (AH) de. Fables Nouvelles, dediées au Roy. Avec un discours sur la fable. Paris, Dupuis, 1719. XLII pages, 358 (recte 348) pages, 3 leaves. With engraved title vignette, 1 engraved frontispiece and 101 text engravings. 4°. Contemporary leather binding with rich re-embellishment (rubbed, somewhat scuffed).
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La Motte, (AH) de. Fables Nouvelles, dediées au Roy. Avec un discours sur la fable. Paris, Dupuis, 1719. XLII pages, 358 (recte 348) pages, 3 leaves. With engraved title vignette, 1 engraved frontispiece and 101 text engravings. 4°. Contemporary leather binding with rich re-embellishment (rubbed, somewhat scuffed). Cohen/Ricci 594f; Sander 1095; Slg. Fürstenberg 4; Bodemann 105.1.] The first edition of this fable collection by La Motte marks the first high point of vignette illustration in the Rococo period. The magnificent copperplate engravings by Gillot, Coypel, Picart, Ranc, Massé, and others. Claude Gillot created the majority of the illustrations through his 62 designs, which he also etched and engraved himself. 'The images engraved by Gillot himself stand out due to their loose, sketch-like engraving technique' (Bodemann). - Wide-margined copy on heavy paper, the index printed on a different paper. - Some light foxing in the wide white outer margin.
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