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LA FONTAINE, Jean de (1621-1695). Contes et Nouvelles en vers. Amsterdam: Hnery Desbordes, 1685.
2 volumes, 12° (156 x 102mm). Etched frontispiece to vol.I and 58 half-page illustrations by Romeyn de Hooghe. Contemporary vellum (lightly soiled). Provenance: Le Cordier (partially erased signature on titles).
FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION, FIRST ISSUE in a Dutch publisher's binding. Fine impressions of De Hooghe's plates. The typography is rudimentary but the illustrations are not shamed in the company of the great French illustrated editions of the 18th-century. Rochambeau p.511; Landwehr de Hooghe 62; Hollstein IX 591-648. (2)
2 volumes, 12° (156 x 102mm). Etched frontispiece to vol.I and 58 half-page illustrations by Romeyn de Hooghe. Contemporary vellum (lightly soiled). Provenance: Le Cordier (partially erased signature on titles).
FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION, FIRST ISSUE in a Dutch publisher's binding. Fine impressions of De Hooghe's plates. The typography is rudimentary but the illustrations are not shamed in the company of the great French illustrated editions of the 18th-century. Rochambeau p.511; Landwehr de Hooghe 62; Hollstein IX 591-648. (2)