Lot n° 176
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LA FONTAINE, Jean de and GRANDVILLE, Jean-Jacques. Fables. - Lot 176
LA FONTAINE, Jean de and GRANDVILLE, Jean-Jacques. Fables.
Published in Paris by Fournier in 1838.
2 volumes in-8, half red long-grained morocco with corners edged with gilt fillet, romantic smooth spines, gilt heads, covers preserved (Champs et Stroobants).
2 ff.n.ch, XXVIII, 292 pp. 72 plates hors texte ; 312 pp. 48 plates hors texte pages.
Corners slightly rubbed.
Copy of the second printing of Grandville's famous compositions (Vicaire IV, 899).
Introduced by a frontispiece on Chine volant, this edition features a total of 120 figures engraved hors-texte.
An admirable illustration of the Fables, in an impeccable binding by Champs and Stroobants.
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