Contes et nouvelles en vers.
Jean La Fontaine (1621-1695)
Category
Books
Date
1762
Materials
Place of origin
Amsterdam
Collection
Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire
NT 3237271
Summary
Bibliographic description
2 v., plates ;. 8vo. Accession no. 4578.1-2. Catalogued from Barber catalogue. Provenance: Bequest of James de Rothschild, 1957. Binding: late eighteenth-century French red morocco gilt; covers hhave a straight border broken at the corners and mid-points by tools and surrounding a double fillet which interlaces at the corners; flat hollow back decorated with a series of tools featuring kissing birds, a lyre and other musical instruments; red and white headbands; gilt edges, blue silk marker and linings.
Makers and roles
Jean La Fontaine (1621-1695) Barbou Fermiers-Généraux