Accession number
PML 15579-82
Creator
La Fontaine, Jean de, 1621-1695.
Published
A Paris : Chez Desaint & Saillant ... : [Chez] Durand ..., 1755-1759.
Credit line
Gift of F. Harvey.
Notes
Illustrations: 276 full-page engravings, including front., after J.B. Oudry. C.N. Cochin the younger redesigned the original sketches made by Oudry in 1729-1734, etched many plates and directed the work of 42 engravers. The first engraving for "Le singe et le léopard," v. 3, p. 113, has the banner without "Le Léopard." Woodcut title vignette and head- and tailpieces by Le Sueur and Papillon after Bachelier.
Without portrait of Oudry found in some copies.
Dedication signed by the editor: de Montenault. Privilege granted to Jean-Louis Regnard de Montenault, 1759.
At foot of t.p.: De l'imprimerie de Charles-Antoine Jombert.
Vol. 4, p. 187: Toutes les Estampes ... sont imprimées ... par P. Thevenard ... & par J.B. Dutertre ...
Without portrait of Oudry found in some copies.
Dedication signed by the editor: de Montenault. Privilege granted to Jean-Louis Regnard de Montenault, 1759.
At foot of t.p.: De l'imprimerie de Charles-Antoine Jombert.
Vol. 4, p. 187: Toutes les Estampes ... sont imprimées ... par P. Thevenard ... & par J.B. Dutertre ...
Description
4 v. : ill. ; 50 cm (fol.)
Provenance
Bookplate: The Marquis of Stafford (Granville Leveson-Gower)
Binding
18th century French red morocco, with arms of George Granville Leveson-Gower, duke of Sutherland.
Classification
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Department