Contes et nouvelles en vers.

The Hague, Gosse junior, 1795

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Description du lot

2 vol., 12mo: 249-[2], 244-[2] pp. (some spotting throughout).

Sewn. Uncut copy.

Rare portable edition of the tales of La Fontaine ill. with two front.
Joined: 1. Id. - Contes et nouvelles en vers. Nouvelle edition. Amst., H. Desbordes, 1718. 12mo (some browning and min. staining). Contemp. brown calf. Counterfeit after the edition of Desbordes in 1865. Ill. with an allegorical engr. front. and 10 engr. full-page pl. Prov. "Hausrath" (ms. entry). - 2. Id. Fables. Paris, Boiste, 1821. 2 vol., 12mo (spotting). Contemp. sp. tree-calf. Ill. with 12 full-page pl. Prov. Joannes Baptista Moens (armorial bookpl. in vol. 1). (5 vol.)