Fables choisies. Mises en vers par Monsieur de La Fontaine, et par luy reveuës, corrigées & augmentées de nouveau. ...
Jean La Fontaine (1621-1695)
Category
Books
Date
1688
Materials
Place of origin
The Hague
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3222732
Summary
Bibliographic description
4 pts. in 2 v. : ill. ; 8vo. Running number: 7545. Imperfect: wanting vol. 2. Shelved and uniform as a set with vol. 2 of the Van Dunewalt edition, Antwerp, 1688. Provenance: manuscript inscription on front fly-leaf: "R: [or B:] 2 vols". Binding: eighteenth-century full calf; sewn on five raised bands; gold-tooled spine; gilt title on reddish-brown morocco label and gilt vol. number on spine. Red textblock edges.
Makers and roles
Jean La Fontaine (1621-1695) Hendrik Causé (1648-1699) François Chauveau (Paris 1613 - Paris 1676) Romeyn de Hooghe (Amsterdam 1645 -1708)