Lot 273
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LA MOTTE, Antoine Houdart de (1672-1731). Fables nouvelles. Paris: G. Dupuis, 1719. 4° (257 x 183mm), engraved frontispiece by Tardieu after Coypel, title-vignette and 101 charming illustrations in the text by Cochin, Tardieu and others after Picart, Coypel and others (occasional light spotting and offsetting), red morocco gilt by Bumpus, gilt edges. Provenance: Sir David Lionel Salomons. FIRST EDITION. Cohen-de Ricci 594 'Très belle édition rare et recherchée'.
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LA MOTTE, Antoine Houdart de (1672-1731). Fables nouvelles. Paris: G. Dupuis, 1719. 4° (257 x 183mm), engraved frontispiece by Tardieu after Coypel, title-vignette and 101 charming illustrations in the text by Cochin, Tardieu and others after Picart, Coypel and others (occasional light spotting and offsetting), red morocco gilt by Bumpus, gilt edges. Provenance: Sir David Lionel Salomons. FIRST EDITION. Cohen-de Ricci 594 'Très belle édition rare et recherchée'.

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LA MOTTE, Antoine Houdart de (1672-1731). Fables nouvelles. Paris: G. Dupuis, 1719. 4° (257 x 183mm), engraved frontispiece by Tardieu after Coypel, title-vignette and 101 charming illustrations in the text by Cochin, Tardieu and others after Picart, Coypel and others (occasional light spotting and offsetting), red morocco gilt by Bumpus, gilt edges. Provenance: Sir David Lionel Salomons. FIRST EDITION. Cohen-de Ricci 594 'Très belle édition rare et recherchée'.
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