Fables choisies mises en vers
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Fables choisies mises en vers
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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.
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
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.
Woodcut tail-pieces total 209 in the 4 volume
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.
Vol. 1 includes "Avertissement de l'éditeur" (a bibliographic history of the Fables, page iii-viii), and "Vie de la Fontaine" (p.ix-xxx).
Edited by C.P. de Monthenault d'Égly.
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
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.
Woodcut tail-pieces total 209 in the 4 volume
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.
Vol. 1 includes "Avertissement de l'éditeur" (a bibliographic history of the Fables, page iii-viii), and "Vie de la Fontaine" (p.ix-xxx).
Edited by C.P. de Monthenault d'Égly.
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Chez Desaint & Saillant, rue Saint Jean de Beauvais. Durand, rue du Foin, en entrant par la rue S. Jacques. De l'Imprimerie de Charles-Antoine Jombert MDCCLV-MDCCLIX
Year of publication
1755
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MU RAA 781 [-784]
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