1365
Jean de La Fontaine
Contes et Nouvelles, 2 Bde. 1762
Estimate:
€ 2,500 / $ 2,900 Sold:
€ 1,920 / $ 2,227 (incl. surcharge)
1365
Jean de La Fontaine
Contes et Nouvelles, 2 Bde. 1762
Estimate:
€ 2,500 / $ 2,900 Sold:
€ 1,920 / $ 2,227 (incl. surcharge)
Rochambeau 79. - Hédé-Hauy pp. 20ff. - Cohen/Ricci cols. 558ff. - Lewine p. 278. - Sander 1044. - Fürstenberg cat. 50. - Fine copy of the famous "édition des fermiers-généraux", named after the French leaseholders who financed the company. - With the plates and vignettes by Eisen and Choffard definitely a masterpiece of 18th century illustrative art, without any doubt a highlight of French late baroque book art. "Superbe édition, au point de vue iconographique et typographique ..." (Rochambeau). - "Contains some of the most notable French illustrations of the eighteenth century. Eisen's plates rank among his best work ... Choffard's etchings are exquisite" (Salomons).
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