[LA FONTAINE, Jean de]
Brusselle
François Foppens
1700
2 volumes in-8vo, engraved frontispiece, title in red and black, 80 half-page etchings signed by Harrewyn after vol. I, p. 55. (Some browning and spotting) 18th-century full calf, spines panels with repeated fleuron. A FAMOUS ILLUSTRATED COLLECTION OF 322 FABLES, IN VERSE AND PROSE, BY LA FONTAINE, FURETIÈRE, MME DE VILLEDIEU, LE NOBLE AND BOURSAULT. The collection was edited by Brûlé de Montpleinchamp who inserted some of his own fables. This 1700 Brussels edition is the definitive, enlarged edition; the first edition was published in 1690. The fine illustrations comprise a frontispiece and 161 half-page vignettes engraved by Jacques Harrewyn after Peeter van der Borcht and Marcus Gheeraerts As stated by Brunet and Cohen, the best copies contain the engravings signed by Harrewyn from the vignette page 55 of volume I to the end, as is the case here
[LA FONTAINE, Jean de]
Brusselle
François Foppens
1700
2 volumes in-8vo, engraved frontispiece, title in red and black, 80 half-page etchings signed by Harrewyn after vol. I, p. 55. (Some browning and spotting) 18th-century full calf, spines panels with repeated fleuron. A FAMOUS ILLUSTRATED COLLECTION OF 322 FABLES, IN VERSE AND PROSE, BY LA FONTAINE, FURETIÈRE, MME DE VILLEDIEU, LE NOBLE AND BOURSAULT. The collection was edited by Brûlé de Montpleinchamp who inserted some of his own fables. This 1700 Brussels edition is the definitive, enlarged edition; the first edition was published in 1690. The fine illustrations comprise a frontispiece and 161 half-page vignettes engraved by Jacques Harrewyn after Peeter van der Borcht and Marcus Gheeraerts As stated by Brunet and Cohen, the best copies contain the engravings signed by Harrewyn from the vignette page 55 of volume I to the end, as is the case here
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