Lot 1365 
1365
Jean de La Fontaine
Contes et Nouvelles, 2 Bde. 1762
Estimate:
€ 2,500 / $ 2,950 Sold:
€ 1,920 / $ 2,265 (incl. surcharge)
Rochambeau 79. - Hédé-Hauy pp. 20ff. - Cohen/Ricci cols. 558ff. - Lewine p. 278. - Sander 1044. - Fürstenberg cat. 50. - Fine copy of the famous "édition des fermiers-généraux", named after the French leaseholders who financed the company. - With the plates and vignettes by Eisen and Choffard definitely a masterpiece of 18th century illustrative art, without any doubt a highlight of French late baroque book art. "Superbe édition, au point de vue iconographique et typographique ..." (Rochambeau). - "Contains some of the most notable French illustrations of the eighteenth century. Eisen's plates rank among his best work ... Choffard's etchings are exquisite" (Salomons).
1365
Jean de La Fontaine
Contes et Nouvelles, 2 Bde. 1762
Estimate:
€ 2,500 / $ 2,950 Sold:
€ 1,920 / $ 2,265 (incl. surcharge)
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