Fables de la Fontaine . édition illustrée de 250 dessins par J.-J. Grandville avec des notes et précédée de la vie de l'auteur par Auger.
Jean La Fontaine (1621-1695)
Category
Books
Date
1923
Materials
Place of origin
France
Collection
Scotney Castle, Kent
NT 3125670
Summary
Bibliographic description
[6], xvi, 478 p. . ill.., front. . 19 cm.. Provenance: manuscript inscription on flyleaf: Betts With Very much love - In memory of lots of things - including - Fontainbleau - Bow-wows - and many madnesses - Gorilla 1923. Binding: Quarter mottled brown leather, with marbled paper over boards, sewn onto four raised bands, gold lettered on spine, marbled endpapers.
Makers and roles
Jean La Fontaine (1621-1695) Louis-Simon Auger (1722-1829) Jean-Jacques Grandville (Nancy 1803 - Vanves 1847)