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86 - LA FONTAINE (Jean de). Fables, with illustrations engraved by Messrs. Simon and Coiny. Paris, Printed by Didot l’Aîné, 1787. Six volumes in-18 (131 x 75 mm), contemporary bindings in red long-grain morocco, covers framed by a delicate garland between two gilt borders, smooth spines divided into compartments adorned with gilt fleurons, gilt edges (Courteval).
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LA FONTAINE (Jean de). Fables, with illustrations engraved by Messrs. Simon and Coiny. Paris, Printed by Didot l’Aîné, 1787. Six volumes in-18 (131 x 75 mm), contemporary bindings in red long-grain morocco, covers framed by a delicate garland between two gilt borders, smooth spines divided into compartments adorned with gilt fleurons, gilt edges (Courteval). First printing of one of the most beautiful editions of the Fables. Printed in an edition of 500 copies on vellum paper, very well printed by Didot the Elder, it is delightfully illustrated with a frontispiece and 275 separate plates drawn by Vivier and engraved on copper by Simon and Coiny, printed on heavy paper. A perfect copy containing the illustrations before the page numbers, bound in fine and very fresh period morocco bindings bearing the Courteval label. Acquired by Émile Rossignol in 1963.
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