La Fontaine (Jean de) - Fables Choisies, Mises en Vers,
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4 vol., half-titles, engraved portrait of Jean Baptiste Oudry by J.Tardieu after N. de l'Argilliere, engraved frontispiece and 270 plates only (of 275) by Oudry after Aubert, Aveline and others, numerous woodcut head- and tail-pieces by Bachelier, portrait with 2 tears repaired and mounted, 2 plates with tears repaired, affecting engraved area, 1 text f. remargined, occasional minor marginal tears, some browning and marking, contemporary calf, gilt, covers with foliate border, worn and marked, vol. 4 upper cover loose, ends of spine and corners damaged, spine labels missing, g.e., [Cohen de Ricci 548; Ray 5], folio, Paris, Charles-Antoine Jombert , 1755-59. 'One of the most ambitious and successful of all illustrated books' (Ray)
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La Fontaine (Jean de) - Fables Choisies, Mises en Vers,
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