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146 - LA FONTAINE (Jean de). Contes et nouvelles en vers. S.l., 1777. 2 volumes in-8, full 1830s/40s red morocco chagrin, smooth spine decorated with gilded romantic irons, filleted boards, all edges gilt. XIV, 200, 13 pp. and (1) f.; VII, 284 pp. and (1) f. Scattered foxing, some paper browning.
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LA FONTAINE (Jean de). Contes et nouvelles en vers. S.l., 1777. 2 volumes in-8, full 1830s/40s red morocco chagrin, smooth spine decorated with gilded romantic irons, filleted boards, all edges gilt. XIV, 200, 13 pp. and (1) f.; VII, 284 pp. and (1) f. Scattered foxing, some paper browning. Counterfeit of the famous Fermiers généraux edition. Illustrated with 2 title vignettes, a portrait of La Fontaine after Rigaud, 80 plates (inverted copies of those by Eisen) and 43 culs-de-lampe.
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