Fables choisies,. mis en vers par J. de La Fontaine.
Jean La Fontaine (1621-1695)
Category
Books
Date
1765 - 1775
Materials
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire
NT 3237273
Summary
Bibliographic description
Nouvelle edition gravée en taille-douce /. Les figures par le Sr Fessard / Le texte par le Sr Montulay.. 6 v. : 8vo. Accession no. 4815.1-6. Catalogued from Barber catalogue. Provenance: Bequest of James de Rothschild, 1957. Provenance: 1897 Waddesdon catalogue, p.41. Binding: eighteenth-century French red morocco gilt with triple fillet, small ornament at corners and flowerhead at intersection. Flat spine with two olive lettering and numeration pieces; green and white headbands and green silk marker, gilt edges, blue endleaves, Vols. 1-3 bound by N.-D. Derome with his ticket on free front endleaf verso of v.1: Relié par Derome le jeune, rue St. Jâcque audessus de St. Benoist. Vols. 4-6 have been bound to match, but use different tools.
Makers and roles
Jean La Fontaine (1621-1695) Fessard, Étienne, 1714-1777, engraver Montulay, Sr Monthenault d'Egly, Charles-Philippe de, 1696-1749