Details
LA FONTAINE, Jean de. Fables. Paris: Bossange, Masson, and Besson, 1796.
4 volumes. 8° (208 x 129mm). 276 plates after Vivier, engraved by Simon and Coiny. (Some occasional light browning.) Contemporary green straight-grained morocco gilt, (very light scuffing at extremities) g.e., by Bradel l'Aîné, with his ticket in vol.I.
LARGE-PAPER ISSUE of the second edition with Vivier's illustrations. Bossange reprinted Didot's 1787 edition both in small format and in this large-paper size. The plates for this edition had numbers added, and on a few plates additional text was engraved. Cohen-de Ricci 554; Rochambeau 147; Ray French, 90; Sander 1071 (4)
4 volumes. 8° (208 x 129mm). 276 plates after Vivier, engraved by Simon and Coiny. (Some occasional light browning.) Contemporary green straight-grained morocco gilt, (very light scuffing at extremities) g.e., by Bradel l'Aîné, with his ticket in vol.I.
LARGE-PAPER ISSUE of the second edition with Vivier's illustrations. Bossange reprinted Didot's 1787 edition both in small format and in this large-paper size. The plates for this edition had numbers added, and on a few plates additional text was engraved. Cohen-de Ricci 554; Rochambeau 147; Ray French, 90; Sander 1071 (4)