Six works by Mander, dated 1616-1618, and a life of Mander, ascribed to G.A. Bredero who has signed the concluding verse, issued with a general engraved t.p., and with introductory matter. All but the first work and the life have also special title pages: t'Amsterdam : Voor Cornelis Lodewijcksz. vander Plasse, and colophons: t'Amsterdam : Ghedruckt by Paulus van Ravesteyn.<br />
Engraved title page and portrait of Van Mander by Nicola Lastman
Ex. in gebruik geweest bij koning Lodewijk Napoleon tijdens zijn verblijf in het paleis in Amsterdam en door de Prins van Oranje (Willem I) geschonken aan het Seminarie Warmond.
Vol. 1: xxx, xviii, 124 p., [70] plates; volume 2: ii, 135 p., [68] plates; volume 3: iv, 146 p., [68] plates; volume 4: ii, 188 page [69] plates.<br />
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Signatures: vol. 1: a-d² e¹ a-g² h¹ A-Hh² vol. 2: a¹ A-Ll² vol. 3: a² A-Nn² Oo¹ vol. 4: a¹ A-Aaa²<br />
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Plates redrawn for the engravings by Nicholas Cochin from paintings by Jean-Baptiste Oudry, engraved by C.N. Cochin, M. Aubert and others. Includes woodcut floral head and tail pieces from drawings by J.J. Bachelier.<br />
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Woodcut tail-pieces total 209 in the 4 volume<br />
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Vol. 1 includes as a frontispiece an allegorical portrait of La Fontaine designed by J.B. Oudry and engraved by C.N. Cochin, and, following the dedication, a plate containing a portrait of Oudry, engraved by J. Tardieu after a painting done by N. de Largillièrre in 1729.<br />
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Vol. 1 includes "Avertissement de l'éditeur" (a bibliographic history of the Fables, page iii-viii), and "Vie de la Fontaine" (p.ix-xxx).<br />
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Edited by C.P. de Monthenault d'Égly.