Fables de La Fontaine, . avec figures gravées par MM. Simon et Coiny.
Jean La Fontaine (1621-1695)
Category
Books
Date
1796
Materials
Place of origin
France
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3053752.4
Summary
Vol. 4 of 4.
Bibliographic description
Vol. 4 . ill.. . 8vo.. Former pressmarks: C No 276-9. Bookseller's notes in v.1: 'Large paper issue. 276 plates .' manuscript note in v.4: 'Plate at page 81 from small issue/ usual missing.' With occasional manuscript notes: translations from the French.. Binding: Nineteenth-century full red morocco; gilt rolled on boards with vine design and double gilt fillet to form borders; with leaf design on board edges and turn-ins; marbled endpapers; gilt tooled and lettered on spines; gilt edges.
Makers and roles
Jean La Fontaine (1621-1695)