La Fontaine, Contes et nouvelles en vers, Amsterdam, 1685, nineteenth-century red crushed morocco by Duru
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LA FONTAINE, JEAN DE. Contes et nouvelles en vers... Nouvelle Edition enrichie de Tailles-Douces. Amsterdam: Henry Desbordes, 1685
Second collective edition, FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION, first issue. This copy belonged to Maxime Denesle (1906-1989), once Vice President of the A.I.B.
2 volumes in one, 12mo (156 x 99 mm). Roman type, 30 lines plus headline. Collation: π2 (π1 blank) *8 A-I12 K10 *4 A-I12: 240 leaves. Engraved frontispiece and 58 half-page engravings by Romeyn de Hooghe.
Binding: Red crushed levant morocco by Duru (160 x 108 mm), dated 1854, 3 gilt fillets round sides, spine gilt, gilt edges, marbled endpapers, inner dentelles.
Provenance: Ricardo Heredia y Livermore, Conde de Benahavis (1831-1896), monogram bookplate—Maître Maxime Denesle of Rouen (1906-1989), bookplate, sale, Paris, December 12, 1978, lot 91—E.P. Goldschmidt, Catalogue 165, no. 91. Acquisition: Purchased in 1985 from E.P. Goldschmidt, London. References: Tchemerzine, III, 859-860; Rochambeau 511, 28; Bonna 133