Fables ou Allégories philosophiques
La Haye, Paris - Chez Delalain - 1772
- Bookbinder : Claessens et Fils
- Format : In-8.
- Number of volumes : 1 volume.
- Binding : Bound.
- Collation : 176 pp.
In a cardboard slipcase. Bound in full marbled havana calf, pastiche of the 18th century. Spine decorated with gilt caissons, with brown morocco author and title page. Lace and triple gilt fillet around the boards. Double gilt fillet on the edges. Large gilt lace inside. Binding signed Claessens et Fils.
ORIGINAL EDITION of this collection of fables illustrated with a frontispiece by Marillier engraved by N. de Launay and a very nice vignette at the head. First attempt at illustrations for this book, with the help of skilled artists who were to create the following year one of the most pleasant books of the 18th century. The frontispieces and fleurons, which were used for the 1773 edition, are here in first proof.
Beautiful copy very nicely bound by Claessens father and son.
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