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Jean de LA FONTAINE. - Lot 90

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Jean de LA FONTAINE. - Lot 90
Jean de LA FONTAINE. [Signed binding] Jean de LA FONTAINE. Contes et Nouvelles en vers. Nouvelle édition enrichie de Taille-Douce. A Amsterdam, chez Henry Desbordes, 1685, 2 volumes in a single in-12 volume bound in full red morocco, richly decorated ribbed spine, triple gilt fillet on covers, gilt edges. Binding signed Capé (19th century). Frontispiece and 58 mid-page etched figures by Romain de Hooghe, of excellent quality. Fine restoration to the title page of the second volume. First illustrated compact edition. Copy of the very first edition, of the three existing. Tchemerzine, III, 860 - de Rochambeau, pp.1682-1683. Hédé-Haüy, pp.11-12.
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