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Illustrated by the best Dutch artists View picture(s) 1 LA FONTAINE, Jean DE. Fabelen, In Nederduitsche vaerzen overgebragt door J. Nomsz. Amsterdam, Allart & Holtrop, 1786. 5 vols. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spines gilt with black title-labels. With 2 richly engraved frontispieces, one by R. Vinkeles after J. Buys and the other by Reinier Vinkeles after Oudry, portrait of La Fontaine by B. Picart, engraved vignettes by R. Vinkeles on 5 titles, and 276 full-page engraved plates by J. Punt, A. Delfos, and R. Vinkeles, all after designs by Jean Baptiste Oudry. VIII, 162; VIII, 192; VIII, 181 (1 blank); VIII, 189, (1 blank); IV, 203, (1 blank) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Children's Books  Dutch  Engravings  Fable Books  La Fontaine  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Colourful stories View picture(s) 2 LA FONTAINE, [Jean DE]. Fables. Cent fables choisis. Introduction de L. Tarsot. Paris, Henri Laurens, (ca. 1899). Large 4to. Orig. gilt cloth, with full-page coloured illustration on front cover, g.e. With numerous plates and illustrations in text by Henry Morin, of which 12 are very beautifully coloured in pochoir. IV, 199, (1) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Children's Books  Fable Books  La Fontaine  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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One of the masterpieces of French eighteenth-century book illustration View picture(s) 3 LA FONTAINE, [Jean] de. Contes et nouvelles en vers. Amsterdam (=Paris), (Duchesne), 1762. 2 vols. 8vo. Contemporary red morocco, spine with gilt flowers and calf title-label, covers with triple-fillet gilt borders and a gilt flower in every corner, inside covers gilt as well, g.e. 2 volumes preserved together in modern slipcase. First volume contains 1 engraved portrait of La Fontaine, and 39 engraved plates illustrating the fables, second volume with an engraved portrait of Charles Eisen and 41 engraved plates. In total 4 vignettes and 53 beautifully engraved head- and tailpieces adorn the 2 volumes. XIV, 268, (2), 16; VIII, 306, (8 + 2 blank) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Fable Books  Fairy Tales  Illustrated Books  La Fontaine  Literature  Schoolbooks  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Extremely rare second issue of the original edition View picture(s) 4 LA FONTAINE, [Jean] de. Nouveaux contes (quatrième partie). Contenant, Comment l'esprit vient aux filles. L'abbesse & les nonnains. Les troqueurs de femmes. Le cas de conscience. Le diable de Papefiguiere. Feronde, ou Le purgatoire. Le pesautier. Le roy Candaule, & le maître en droict. Le diable en enfer. Le jugement du compere Pierre. Pâté d'anguille, Les lunettes. Jeannot & Catin. Le cuvier. La chose impossible. Le magnifique. Le tableau. Les fous. Amsterdam, Corneille Jans Zwol, 1676. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine ribbed and gilt in compartments, gilt binding edges, red mottled edges. With engraved allegorical frontispiece, with blank pedestal underneath, woodcut title vignette, head pieces and initials. 168 pp. Collation: A-K8, L4. Full description >> Related Subjects: Fable Books  Fairy Tales  French  La Fontaine  Literature  Popular Books  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Richly illustrated children's edition View picture(s) 5 [LA FONTAINE, Jean DE] La Fontaine en estampes, ou Nouvelle Édition des Fables, plus complète que les précédentes; précédée de la Vie de l'Auteur, extraite du nouvel Ouvrage de M. Walckenaer. Paris, Nepveu, 1821. 4to. Contemp. half red morocco, spine richly gilt, g.e. With large engraving on title, and 110 half-page engraved plates illustrating the fables, based on the designs by Oudry. XXVIII, 462 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Children's Books  Fable Books  Illustrated Books  La Fontaine  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Tiny classics View picture(s) 6 [MINIATURE BOOKS]. Bibliothèque en miniature. Paris, Chez Marcilly, (ca. 1830). 6 vols in slipcase. 24mo. Orig. light blue lithographed wrappers, in contemp. half calf slipcase, spine gilt. With charming vignettes on 6 engraved titles, and 6 full-page engraved plates, one in each volume. Each vol. 24 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Children's Books  French  La Fontaine  Miniature Books  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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