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LAMBERT ainé. Le jeu des fables, ou Fables de Lafontaine mises en action, (…). (Vol. A). Paris, the author/ Nepveu/ Lefuel, n.d. (1818/-19). Booklet w. marbled paper cover consisting of 32 pp. & 1 plain fold. engr. plate. Sm-8°-obl. Together w. marbled paper wallet containing 18 (of 31) cut-out and handcold. inset figures and an engr. and handcold. landscape view w. 3 slots. In or. marbled paper slipcase w. mounted engr. ti-label. (A bit dam. in places, a bit browned).
The cut-out figures can be placed in the right slot of the landscape plate to illustrate one of the fables mentioned in the text parts. A total of 4 sets were published.€ 100
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