Contes et Nouvelles de ….
Paris: Ernst Bourdin, n.d. [1839].
Price: $600.00
About the item
Frontispiece and 31 engraved plates on China paper mounted on thick paper after Johannot, Roqueplan, Déveria, Boulanger, Fragonnard Père, Janet-Lange, Français, Laville, etc., numerous head- and tailpieces and illustrations to text. viii, [9]-534. 1 vols. Tall 8vo. Full blue publisher's cloth, with blind- and gilt-stamped filigree on spine and covers, a.e.g. Small area of loss to spine from binder’s overly hard stamping, else fine. Carteret III, pp. 354-5.
Item #258403
A pristine copy of this illustrated edition of La Fontaine’s Tales. Carteret notes that copies with the plates on China paper are, of course, very rare.
