LA FONTAINE.

Lot 27
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Estimation :
200 - 250 EUR
LA FONTAINE.
Tales and News in verse by Jean de La Fontaine. Sans lieu ni édit. 1777, 2 vol. 8°, XIV-200-13-[2], VII-[1]-286 p.; 83 h.-t., serpents (complete with the Avis au reliur (13 p.) and the notice of placement sheet, qqs ff. lég. brunis). Slightly posterior binding in full brown basane, smooth spines with gold filets and title and tomaison pieces (spines restored). Counterfeit of the Fermiers Généraux edition, illustrated with the portrait of La Fontaine after Rigault engraved by Macret after Ficquet, 2 frontispices signed "Vidal direxit", 2 title vignettes, 2 headbands and 80 hors-texte, inverted, by Eisen and 42 culs-de-lampe by Choffard. The figure of the "Case of Conscience" is covered. The text is not framed, contrary to what Cohen mentions.
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