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195 - Jean de LA FONTAINE. Tales and Short Stories in Verse. Amsterdam (Paris), 1762. 2 volumes, in-8, porphyry calf, triple fillet, smooth, decorated spines, gilt edges (contemporary binding).
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Jean de LA FONTAINE. Tales and Short Stories in Verse. Amsterdam (Paris), 1762. 2 volumes, in-8, porphyry calf, triple fillet, smooth, decorated spines, gilt edges (contemporary binding). Cohen, 558 /// I. XIV-(1f.)-268-(1f.) / II. (1f.)-VIII-(1f.)-306-(2f.) First printing of this edition known as the “Fermiers généraux” edition, one of the most valuable and successful editions of La Fontaine’s Tales. It contains 2 portraits—one of La Fontaine after Rigaud and one of Eisen after Vispré—and 80 illustrations by Eisen, engraved by Aliamet, Baquoy, Choffard, and others, as well as 4 vignettes and 53 end-piece illustrations by Choffard. The plates for *Le Cas de conscience* and *Le Diable de Papefiguière* are uncovered. The binding is slightly scuffed, with a small tear beginning at one jaw, a dent on one corner, and a tear on one cap. The 16 pages of *Avis au relieur* at the end are missing.
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