LA FONTAINE, J[ean] de (author) and Jean-Baptiste Oudry (artist)

Fables choisies, mises en vers par J. de la Fontaine. (A collection of 249 engravings from the first edition)

Paris: Chez Desaint & Saillant [et] Durand, De l’Imprimerie de Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1755-1759. 249 plates only (of 275), engravings, many by Ouvrier, by Cochin, Tardieu, Prévost, Chedel, Lempereur and others, [c.1755-59], Paris, each c. 300 x 220mm., all trimmed just within the platemark, loose, unframed, (249).
Various conditions, some occasional damp-staining, browning, abrasion and surface loss; handling creases, spotting and surface dirt.
" (Ray, The Art of the French Illustrated Books, pp. 16-20).Cohen-de Ricci, cols. 548-550. Huntington Library, Great Books in Great Editions, 21. Item #51-1194

Price: $4,500.00