Paris: Jean de Bonnot, 1969. Jean-Baptiste Oudry. (Reprint). 4 volumes. 8vo. Red imitation leather with gold decorative stamping. Fleur-de-lis endpapers. Corners very lightly bumped. This version is a reprint of the 1755 edition, containing reproductions of 275 steel plate illustrations from the 1755 edition by Jean-Baptiste Oudry. Set contains sheets..... More
Paris: Libraires Associes, 1778. Hardcover. 12mo. xl. 254pp. Original calf with gilt decorated spine. Raised bands. Gilt decoration faded. Parts of backstrip on head and tail of spine missing. Heavy age wearing throughout binding. Chipping to edges and parts of boards. Front board almost detached but present. Faded red page..... More
Paris: Garnier Frères, 1885. Illustrated. Hardcover. Large quarto (11 x 7 1/2"). [4], xxxii, 667, [1]pp. Original half burgundy crushed morocco over marbled paper covered boards, with gold lettering and tooling to spine. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Allegorical frontispiece. Illustrated title page. Decorative headpieces, initials and tailpieces. Ribbon marker..... More
Londres: NP, ND (ca 1770). Hardcover. 12mo. XVIII, [19]-122, [10], 118, [2], [4], V, [3], [7]-129, [9], 132, [2]pp. Original spotted calf with gold lettering on spines. Two engraved frontispiece portraits of La Fontaine. Decorative head- and tailpieces. Remarkable edition of La Fontaine's "Contes," lively stories in verse, grazing and..... More