Contes et nouvelles en vers, . par M. de la Fontaine.
Jean La Fontaine (1621-1695)
Category
Books
Date
1762
Materials
Place of origin
Netherlands
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3094143
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v.,plates . ill.. (engr.) . 8vo. Imperfect: Vol. I only.. Provenance: Nineteenth-century armorial bookplate, motto 'Semper progrediens', lettered Rudolf Gutmann.. Binding: Green morooco on five raised bands, elaborately gilt tooled on boards; lily design on spine; floral rolls on turn-ins; single gilt fillet on board edges; red title and vol. labels; red watered silk on endpapers, gilt edges.
Makers and roles
Jean La Fontaine (1621-1695)