Jean de La Fontaine | Contes et nouvelles en vers, Amsterdam, 1762, 2 volumes, contemporary red morocco gilt

Jean de La Fontaine

Contes et nouvelles. Amsterdam [Paris: Barbou], 1762.

2 volumes, 8vo, engraved frontispiece portraits of La Fontaine after Rigaud and of Eisen after Vispré, both engraved by Ficquet; illustrations after Eisen by Aliamet, Baquoy, Choffard, Delafosse, Flipart, Lemire, Leveau, Longueil and Ouvrier; vignettes and culs-de-lampe by Choffard, contemporary red morocco gilt, spine with raised bands in six compartments, second and third with green morocco gilt-lettered labels, the rest gilt, triple gilt fillet inner dentelles, edges gilt, marbled endpapers, occasional very light marginal spotting, extremities slightly rubbed

THE RENOWNED "FERMIERS GÉNÉRAUX" EDITION, with uncensored illustrations for "Cas de Conscience" and "Diable de Papefiguière".

PROVENANCE:

Sold by Bordeaux et Fils, booksellers' label to front free endpaper; Victor Deséglise (1839–1916), bookplate; Margaret Winkleman, book label

LITERATURE:

Cohen, 558-571; Rochambeau, 78; Ray I, 26 ("The Fermiers-Généraux La Fontaine is the collector's book par excellence")