LA FONTAINE, Jean de and FRAGONARD, Jean-Honoré. Contes de L - Lot 202

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LA FONTAINE, Jean de and FRAGONARD, Jean-Honoré. Contes de L - Lot 202
LA FONTAINE, Jean de and FRAGONARD, Jean-Honoré. Contes de La Fontaine with illustrations by Fragonard. Reprint of the Didot 1795 edition. Paris, Lemonnyer, 1883. 2 vols. in-4, taupe half-chagrin corners edged with gilt fillet, ribbed spines underlined by gilt fillet, gilt fleurons in a double framing to the entrenerfs, gilt title, date at foot, gilt head, covers preserved. Vintage binding, signed V. Champs. LXIX and 288 pp. ; 418 pp. 100 etched drawings by Fragonard, including 2 portraits (one of La Fontaine on the frontispiece of volume 1, the other of Fragonard on the frontispiece of volume 2), numerous captioned plates and a few vignettes. Bindings rubbed and slightly missing. Some foxing. Fine edition of La Fontaine's tales, illustrated with 100 etchings by Fragonard and engraved by Martial. This is a reprint of Didot's 1795 edition, revised and enlarged with a notice by Anatole de Montaiglon. Complete in 2 volumes. An elegant, well-established copy in a Victor Champs binding.
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