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LA FONTAINE, Jean de (1621-95). Contes et nouvelles, [Paris]: 1777. 2 volumes, 8° (192 x 119mm.), 2 engraved titles by Vidal, additional printed titles with engraved vignette, 81 engraved plates, vignettes (a few light spots), old red straight-grained morocco, single gilt border on sides, flat spines ruled and lettered in gilt, gilt edges (stain on spine of vol. II, extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: James Charles Chatterton (bookplate); H. Harvey Frost (booklabel). Cohen-de-Ricci 571-572.
BOCCACCIO, Giovanni (1313-75). Contes et nouvelles, Amsterdam: George Gallet, 1699. 12° (150 x 97mm.), engraved title in volume I, additional printed title in volume I in red and black, 100 half-page illustrations by Romain de Hooge (light, mainly marginal, browning), contemporary red morocco, triple gilt border on sides, spine decorated gilt with floral motifs, morocco lettering-pieces, gilt edges (lightly rubbed). Brunet I, 1006. (2)
BOCCACCIO, Giovanni (1313-75). Contes et nouvelles, Amsterdam: George Gallet, 1699. 12° (150 x 97mm.), engraved title in volume I, additional printed title in volume I in red and black, 100 half-page illustrations by Romain de Hooge (light, mainly marginal, browning), contemporary red morocco, triple gilt border on sides, spine decorated gilt with floral motifs, morocco lettering-pieces, gilt edges (lightly rubbed). Brunet I, 1006. (2)
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