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Fables choisies / mises en vers par J. de La Fontaine.

Accession number
PML 140158-63
Creator
La Fontaine, Jean de, 1621-1695.
Published
A Paris : Chez Des Lauriers ..., 1765-1775.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Second issue.
Engraved throughout. Text and small ill. on both sides of leaf, large ill. on one side only.
Vol. 3-4: "le texte [gravé] par le Sr. Droüet."
Engravings after drawings by Monnet, Loutherbourg, and others.
"La vie d'Esope": v. 1, p. xvi-xlix. "Eloge historique de M. de La Fontaine, par M. l'abbé de Olivet": v. 1, p. li-lxviii.
Description
6 v. : ill. ; 21 cm
Provenance
Bookplate of George Finch (apparently George Henry Finch of Burley on-the-Hill); from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Contemporary red morocco, gilt, all edges gilt.
Classification
Department