Lot n° 100
Estimation :
800 - 1000
EUR
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Result
: 1 900EUR
LA FONTAINE. FABLES CHOISIES, set in verse by J. de la Fonta - Lot 100
LA FONTAINE. FABLES CHOISIES, set in verse by J. de la Fontaine. Paris, chez Desaint, Saillant et Durand, 1755-59. 4 volumes in folio, leopard-printed fawn calf, triple gilt fillet on covers, interior roulette, spines decorated with gilt fans and flowers, gilt edges (Milam, binder).
Identical to the previous issue. 1 frontispiece and 273 plates (of 275). Copy without portrait. Scattered foxing, stains and rings, repairs to several ff. and plates, some pages browned, brown stain in bottom margin of volume II. Some rubbing to bindings, one plate heavily scuffed with a few chips, jaws cracked.
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