Accession number
Heineman 278
Creator
La Fontaine, Jean de, 1621-1695.
Published
Amsterdam ; [i.e. Paris, Barbou] 1762.
Credit line
Gift of the trustees of the Dannie and Hettie Heineman Collection, 1977.
Notes
Brunet, III, 759-760, and suppl., I, 753-755. Cohen-de Ricci, col. 558-568.
Ed. "Fermiers Généraux:"; 80 illustrations by Eisen.
Illustrations: 82 full-page copper engravings, comprising 80 engravings by Noël Lemire, Joseph de Longueil and others after Charles Eisen, and portratis of the author by Étienne Ficquet after Rigault and of the illustrator by Ficquet after Vispré. Numerous head- and tail pieces engraved by P. P. Choffard, the last a self-portrait.
Published at the expense of the Fermiers généraux.
Ed. "Fermiers Généraux:"; 80 illustrations by Eisen.
Illustrations: 82 full-page copper engravings, comprising 80 engravings by Noël Lemire, Joseph de Longueil and others after Charles Eisen, and portratis of the author by Étienne Ficquet after Rigault and of the illustrator by Ficquet after Vispré. Numerous head- and tail pieces engraved by P. P. Choffard, the last a self-portrait.
Published at the expense of the Fermiers généraux.
Description
2 v. fronts. (ports.), plates. 19cm (8⁰.)
Provenance
Dannie and Hettie Heineman. Bookplate of René Choppin.
Binding
Full red contemporary morocco, gilt, with gr. labels.
Classification
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