Brunet, III, 748; Rochambeau, Fables, n\u00b0 178 (only vol. I of the Fables), Contes, n\u00b0 113 (part I of Contes only), Th\u00e9\u00e2tre, n\u00b0 28; Oeuvres diverses, n\u00b0 61; Oeuvres compl\u00e8tes, n\u00b0 3 (citing only a 5 volume edition with a different collation).<\/i><\/p>\n
Intriguing and rare edition, printed in a new technique, the so-called ‘stereotype’ process.<\/p>\n
Rochambeau does not mention the complete series.<\/p>\n
It contains : Fables (4 volumes); Contes (2 volumes); Psych\u00e9 (1 volume); Oeuvres diverses (2 parts in one volume); Th\u00e9\u00e2tre (1 volume); and an additional volume with the Oeuvres diverses<\/i> in a near identical binding.<\/p>\n
An exceptional, unique, copy illustrated with 646 hors texte engravings, including: – The suite of 274 figures, drawn by Vivier and engraved by Simon & Coiny for the 1787 edition of the Fables, in an issue before the numbers. – The suite of figures by Eisen and culs-de-lampe by Choffard in first issue, for the Fermiers g\u00e9n\u00e9raux<\/i> edition, to which are added 17 of the refused plates. – The suite including the portrait and 8 figures by Moreau le Jeune, in two states, (before the letter and coloured proofs) for the Amours de Psych\u00e9 et Cupidon<\/i>. – And numerous other additional plates (engravings after Marillier, portraits of La Fontaine, Louis XIV, Turenne, Mme de S\u00e9vign\u00e9, Racine, etc.). Engraved vignettes have been pasted at the time on each of the title pages, covering the original fleuron.<\/p>\n
A superb copy in a delightful and highly decorative binding by Boz\u00e9rian.<\/p>\n
Some foxing, the coloured proofs in volume VII are slightly oxidised. The binding of volume X is not signed, but differs from that of the other volumes only in the frame on which ivy leaves replace the vine leaves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
10 volumes, 8vo (163 x 101 mm). Dark blue long grained morocco, covers finely gilt, spine with slightly raised bands nicely gilt with gilt vines, inner covers and enpapers in pink silk, gilt edges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":73951,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[530],"product_tag":[604,598,1267,1236,1268],"class_list":{"0":"post-73964","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-binding","7":"product_tag-19th-century-illustrations","8":"product_tag-19th-century-literature","9":"product_tag-binding","10":"product_tag-illustrations-2","11":"product_tag-modern","12":"pa_auteur-la-fontaine-jean-de-2","13":"pa_type-de-livre-printed-book","15":"first","16":"instock","17":"shipping-taxable","18":"purchasable","19":"product-type-simple"},"acf":{"artist":"Jean de LA FONTAINE","chapeau":"Exquisitely bound by Boz\u00e9rian","adresse_bibliographique":"Paris, Chez Antoine-Augustin Renouard , 1803-1804","book_type":"Printed book","provenance":"","afficher_prix":""},"yoast_head":"\n