Author: LA FONTAINE, J[ean] de (author) and Jean-Baptiste Oudry (artist)
Title: Fables Choisies, Mises En Vers Par J. De la Fontaine. (a Collection of 249 Engravings from the First Edition)
Description: Paris: Chez Desaint & Saillant [et] Durand, De l’Imprimerie de Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1755-1759. 249 plates only (of 275), engravings, many by Ouvrier, by Cochin, Tardieu, Prévost, Chedel, Lempereur and others, [c.1755-59], Paris, each c. 300 x 220mm. all trimmed just within the platemark, loose, unframed, (249). Various conditions, some occasional damp-staining, browning, abrasion and surface loss; handling creases, spotting and surface dirt. " (Ray, The Art of the French Illustrated Books, pp. 16-20).Cohen-de Ricci, cols. 548-550. Huntington Library, Great Books in Great Editions, 21. .

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