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146 - LA FONTAINE, Jean de, and GRANDVILLE. Fables.
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LA FONTAINE, Jean de, and GRANDVILLE. Fables. Paris, H. Fournier Ainé, 1838. In-8 (22.5 x 14 cm), full glazed calfskin, ribbed spine adorned with an elegant design in gilt metal. Binding signed Capé (bookbinder’s name at the bottom of Volume 1). 2 vols.: xxviii–292 pp. – 312 pp.; 120 plates printed on vellum. (checked and complete) Slight scuffing on the caps. Interiors in very fresh condition. Second printing, same year as the original. One of the finest Romantic editions, illustrated with a frontispiece on laid paper, 14 half-titles, and 120 plates printed on vellum, all woodcuts based on drawings by Grandville. A very fine copy preserved in a delicate contemporary binding by Charles Capé (1806–1867).
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