LA FONTAINE (Jean de). New Fables and Other Poems. Paris, De - Lot 150

LA FONTAINE (Jean de). New Fables and Other Poems. Paris, Denys Thierry, 1671. In-12, speckled calfskin, decorated spine, edges speckled with red (contemporary binding). Edition containing 8 previously unpublished fables, each illustrated with a copperplate engraving by François Chauveau: The Lion, the Wolf, and the Fox; The Coach and the Fly; The Treasure and the Two Men; The Rat and the Oyster; The Monkey and the Cat; Of the Ear of Corn and the Pumpkin; The Kite and the Nightingale; and The Oyster and the Litigants. A small water stain at the corner of the last two leaves; otherwise, a very fine copy.

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