Sold2017Dore Fables of Fontaine 1890s Two VolumesGustave Dore, illustrator. Fables of La Fontaine and Esop. London: Cassell, Phila.: Gebbie, circa 1890. Two volumes. Large 4to. 10 x 12". Text and illustrations clean. Torn with tape residue inside frSee Sold Price
Sold2018Marc Chagall, "Fable of the Two Mules" - EtchingDrypoint etching "The Two Mules", from Les Fables de la Fontaine, Volume II. 1952. Boldly signed in wide bottom margin at right "Marc Chagall" and numbered at left "3". Double matted and contained undSee Sold Price
Sold2022Two Sets of Books Including "Fables" (Two Volumes) and "The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling"Two Sets of Books Including "Fables" (Two Volumes) and "The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling" (Three Volumes)Gay, John. "Fables." Published by J. and R. Tonson and J. WaSee Sold Price
SoldAntiquarian. Mr. Gay - Fables. In two volumes. Volume I - London: Printed for J. Tonson and J.Antiquarian. Mr. Gay - Fables. In two volumes. Volume I - London: Printed for J. Tonson and J. Watts, 1733. 4th edition. Volume II - London: Printed for J. And P. Knapton, 1755. 5th edition. Both IlluSee Sold Price
Sold2021Les Contes et Nouvelles en vers de J. FontaineLes Contes et Nouvelles en verse de Jean de La Fontaine, two, two volume sets. The first: Librairie de France, Illustrated by Charles Martin, Paris, 1930, leather and marbled covers. The second, limitSee Sold Price
Sold2023"La Sainte Bible" in 2 Volumes, 1866"La Sainte Bible", Selon La Vulgate, Traduction Nouvelle, with illustrations by Gustave Dore, in two large volumes, edited by Alfred Mame & Sons, Tours, France, 1866. 17" x 13".See Sold Price
Sold2022Headley, Napoleon and His Marshals 2vol. Ed. 1890s"Napoleon and His Marshals", by J.T. Headley, published by Hurst & Company, undated, 1890s. Complete in two volumes. Hard boards, original maroon cloth, gold lettering on spine [some surface wear andSee Sold Price
Sold2021Chagall 'Cat Metamorphoses' EtchingMarc Chagall (1887–1985). Original etching. Title: The Cat Metamorphoses to a Woman, from Les Fables de la Fontaine, Volume I. Circa 1927 - 1931. Pencil signed lower right. Sight Size: 11.5 x 9.5 inSee Sold Price
Sold2019Marc Chagall, (French/Russian, 1887–1985), LeMarc Chagall (French/Russian, 1887–1985) Le charretier embourbé, from Les Fables de la Fontaine, Volume II etching signed and numbered 70 in pencil 11 5/8 x 9 3/8 inches. Estimate $400-600See Sold Price
Sold2019Marc Chagall, (French/Russian, 1887–1985), Swan and theMarc Chagall (French/Russian, 1887–1985) Swan and the Cook, from Les Fables de la Fontaine, Volume II lithograph signed and numbered 36 in pencil 11 5/8 x 9 3/8 inches. Estimate $400-600See Sold Price
Sold2018Marc Chagall "Donkey Dressed in the Skin of a Lion"Drypoint etching "The Donkey Dressed in the Skin of a Lion", from Les Fables de la Fontaine, Volume II. 1952. Boldly signed in wide bottom margin at right "Marc Chagall" and numbered at left "64". DouSee Sold Price
Sold2022Marc Chagall (Russian/French, 1887-1985)Marc Chagall (Russian/French, 1887-1985) The Feather of the Peacock from Fables de la Fontaine, volume I, 1952 etching 11 1/2 x 9 inches. Property from the Estate of Professor Ethan D. Alyea, Jr., BloSee Sold Price
Sold2019(38) FRENCH LIBRARY SHELF BOOKS(lot of 38) French library shelf books, 20th c., some having leather binding, marbleized boards, gilt embossed spines and covers, including volumes one through four La Fontaine Fables and volumes oneSee Sold Price
Sold2022A PARTRIDGE AND ROOSTERS ETCHING BY MARC CHAGALLMarc Chagall (Russian-French, 1887-1985) original etching titled The Partridge and the Roosters, 1952 from The Fables of Jean de La Fontaine, Volume II. Signed in pencil by the artist lower right. MarSee Sold Price
Sold2022Fables of La Fontaine, Dore illustrations, 1880s"The Fables of La Fontaine". Translated into English Verse by Walter Thornbury. With Illustrations by Gustave Dore, folio published by Cassell Publishing, New York, undated 1880s printing. Hard boardsSee Sold Price
Sold2022Fables de La Fontaine Imprime par Ordre du Roi pour L'education De MonseigneurRare volume, Fables de La Fontaine. Imprime par Ordre du Roi pour L'education De Monseigneur le Dauphin. Published Paris, De L'imprimerie de Didot L'aine. MDCCLXXXVIII (1788). 482pp. Printed by OrderSee Sold Price
Sold2022Jean de la Fontaine, Contes et Nouvelles en vers. Published 1777Jean de la Fontaine, Contes et Nouvelles en vers. Published 1777, no publisher stated. Two Volumes. Two frontispieces by Vidal, one portrait of La Fontaine after Rigaud, 80 engravings after Eisen, witSee Sold Price
Sold2022Jean de la Fontaine, Contes et Nouvelles en vers. Published 1777Jean de la Fontaine, Contes et Nouvelles en vers. Published 1777, no publisher stated. Two Volumes. Two frontispieces by Vidal, one portrait of La Fontaine after Rigaud, 80 engravings after Eisen, witSee Sold Price
Sold2020[Literature] [Dore, Gustave] Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel[Literature] [Dore, Gustave] Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de L’ Ingenieux hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche Paris: Hachette, 1869. In two volumes. First edition thus. Folio. Illustrated with 370 woodSee Sold Price
Sold2018Fables Choisies de FlorianTwo volumes, Paris Libraire Marpon & Flammarion illustrated with Japanese woodblock prints each 13 3/4" x 10 1/4" late 19th centurySee Sold Price
Sold20231891 RUSSIAN FABLES AND WORKS OF G. KOTOSHIKHINA Russian book, two volumes from the series Russian Class Library edited by A.N. Chudinov, Manual for the Study of Russian Literature, bound together. Volume III, Fables of Russian Writers. Volume IV,See Sold Price
Sold2020Two Volumes Dickens: Thoughts and IllustrationsOne volume, Cyclopedia of the Best Thoughts of Charles Dickens compiled and alphabetically arranged by F.G. de Fontaine and published by E.J. Hale & Son in 1873. Hardback cloth bound with gilt accentsSee Sold Price
Sold2023TWO GUSTAV DORE PRINTS OF FABLE SCENESTWO GUSTAV DORE PRINTS OF FABLE SCENES. Height: 19.25 in. by Width: 15.25 in. by Depth: .5 in.See Sold Price
Sold2023(2) volume set - FABLES DE LA FONTAINE, ( NOUVELLE EDITION) PARIS 1839. Some light foxing, one spine(2) volume set - FABLES DE LA FONTAINE, ( NOUVELLE EDITION) PARIS 1839. Some light foxing, one spine has small tear at bottom, nice decorative leather bindings. Books in this auction come from a fineSee Sold Price
Jun 18DOYLE Auctioneers & AppraisersTwo French nineteenth-century Game of the Goose boards, one based on the Fables of AesopUS$100
24 hrs LeftNY Elizabeth UTRECHT ARMORIAL VELLUM ANCIENT PHAEDRUS FABULARUM AESOPIARUM, 1778 AESOP FABLESUS$50
Jun 18DOYLE Auctioneers & AppraisersTwo volumes of T.S. Eliot poems annotated by Stephen SondheimUS$100