LA FONTAINE. DELIERRE, Auguste., La Fontaine’s Fables.

Paris, A. Quantin, printer, 1833. 2 volumes of text and 2 volumes of original drawings, making a total of 4 large quarto volumes (32.5 x 23 cm). Wine-coloured morocco binding from the second half of the 19th century, decorated ribbed spine with the author’s name, title, volume number and date in gold, gilt floral and scroll motifs, gilt dots on the raised bands, triple gilt fillet framing the covers, guilloché caps, double gilt fillet on the edges, gilded lace on the inner covers, gilded edges on gilded endpapers, each volume in a garnet half-morocco slipcase with leather flaps, faux raised bands, title and volume number gilded, the whole housed in garnet morocco slipcases with bias binding [Chambolle-Duru] (a very fine copy despite a few marginal and scattered foxing spots; the continuation line for one plate in Volume II is missing; the spines of the covers are slightly faded; one edge of the slipcase for Volume II is slightly split over 3 cm).

Estimate:£5,015.35

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