Auction 354 Old & Rare Books - Various subjects
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FABLE BOOKS -- (DORAT, C.J.). Fables nouvelles. The Hague/Par., Delalain, 1773(-75). 2 in 1 vol. xxii, (2), 176, 177-309, (3) pp. W. 2 fine engr. fronts., engr. ti-vign., full-p. engr. allegorical plate, and 99 finely engr. head-pieces & 99 beautifully engr. tail-pieces illustrating the fables, all after designs by C.P. Marillier, engr. by Ponce, Longueil, Delaunay, Duflos, Née, (a.o.). Beautiful cont. full-grained red mor. w. raised bands, richly dec. gilt back, sides ruled in gilt, inside dentelles, brown label, a.e.g. (The allegorical plate not repeated in the second part).

A splendid copy in red morocco of the "chef-d'oeuvre" of the French artist Clément Pierre Marillier (1740-1808), the outstanding French artist, who invented the illustration by vignettes at the head and at the end of short pieces of text in the style of Louis XVI. - Cohen/De Ricci 313ff; Landwehr, Emblem & Fable books, F079; Sander 508; Cioranescu 25113; Fabula Docet 102. - Fine copy from the library of Paul Menso.

€ 500

result € 750

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