1775 de la Fontaine Fables Choisies wonderful Fessard animal engravings bestiary

Description: PRINTS BOOKS PHOTOGRAPHS MANUSCRIPTS CURIOSITIES - ENTIRELY - AND SPECTACULARLY - ENGRAVED -FESSARD (Etienne, French engraver, 1714-1777).Fables Choisies, mises en vers par... Nouvelle edition / gravée en taille-douce, les figures par le Sr. Fessard Presentee au Roi [Vol 6 only, of 6].(Paris): Chez Des Lauriers, 1775. 'Nouvelle' edition [first edition in this form, second issue]. Vol. 6 only [of 6]. Entirely engraved throughout, including the text. [4], 115pp. Contains 34 fables and an epilogue. Each fable comprised of engraved text, head- and tail-pieces, a full-page engraved plate, all after Fessard, and engraved on the plate by Bardin. The engraved plates (verso blank) are inserted outside of the pagination. Green calf, marbled endpapers. Size: 8vo (19.8cm x 13cm).Very Good internally in a Good only binding. The contents are bright and clean, with just a few small blemishes. One leaf working loose (but still attached at the head). Binding quite worn, and spine and corners rubbed. Some chipping to leather at head of spine. Hinges still solid. Please ask if you require a more detailed condition report, or view gallery images closely.The final volume [Vol. 6] of a six-volume set, which is entirely engraved. The engravings and head- and tail-pieces, after Fessard, are magnificent.Cohen-De Ricci,; 551; Rochambeau. Bibliographie des oeuvres de La Fontaine (1911), 101; Tchemerzine; III:876. Item #122928. key words:

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