LA FONTAINE (Jean de).

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LA FONTAINE (Jean de).
Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Desaint & Saillant, Durand, 1755-1759. 4 volumes in-folio, marbled calf, triple gilt fillet, ornate spine, green title and gilt stamps, interior roulette, gilt edges (period binding). Superb edition, illustrated with a frontispiece and 275 figures drawn by Jean-Baptiste Oudry and finely engraved by the best artists of the time. In addition to these plates, the work includes beautiful woodcut culs-de-lampe by Lefèvre and Papillon, after compositions by the flower painter Jean-Jacques Bachelier. A second edition copy, containing the portrait of Oudry engraved by Tardieu after Largillière. Some light uniform foxing. Stains on the first cover of volume IV.
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