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LA FONTAINE, Jean de.- Contes. Avec des illustrations de Fragonard. Réimpression de l'édition de Did
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Estimated At:150.00 - 225.00 EUR
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This item WAS NOT SOLD. Auction date was 2002 Jun 08 @ 05:30UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
LA FONTAINE, Jean de.- Contes. Avec des illustrations de Fragonard. Réimpression de l'édition de Didot, 1795. Revue et augmentée d'une notice par Anatole de Montaiglon. Paris, Le Vasseur, 1884 (achevé d'imprimer en oct. 1882). 2 vol. in-4° : [4]-lxix-[5]-281-[6], [6]-418-[1] pp. et 91 (sur 92) h.-t. (incomplet de la pl. 66, déchirure restaurée dans la serpente du portrait de Fragonard). Rel. moderne : demi-chagrin lie-de-vin à coins, dos à nerfs, têtes dorées, couv. et dos cons. (ombre blanche sur le cuir du 2d vol.). 7 vignettes et 91 (sur 92) hors-texte gravés protégés par une serpente légendée, soit 34 de l'édition de 1795 et 58 par Martial. Edition non signalée à cette date par Vicaire mais identique dans la forme et l'illustration à la célèbre édition de Lemonnyer de 1883.# Vicaire IV-920/923 (éd. de 1883). 150 Euros
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