Fables de La Fontaine.
Paris: Chez Boiste fils ainé, 1821.
Price: $350.00
About the item
Engraved titles only, 46 finely engraved plates unsigned. 2 vols. 12mo. Contemporary calf with the stamp of Serre at the foot of the spine on volume, the covers decorated in blind and the spine in gilt, a.e.g. Rubbed, upper joints cracked, short crack at top of lower joints, some spotting and browning, with the remains of a contemporary label on lower pastedown of volume reading “de Brancas” else a very good copy.
Item #30770
A nicely illustrated edition with a life of La Fontaine and Aesop.
