LA MOTTE. - Lot 186

Lot 186
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LA MOTTE. - Lot 186
LA MOTTE. New fables, dedicated to the King. With a speech on the fable. Paris, Grégoire Dupuis, 1719. 1 vol. in-4. Brown granite calf, gilt border, spine ribbed and decorated, red morocco title-piece, gilt edges. First edition illustrated with a frontispiece by Coypel engraved by Tardieu, a title vignette, a portrait of the author by Edelinck after Jean Ranc and 100 in-text vignettes mainly engraved after Gillot and Coypel. Very nice illustrated 18th century. Splits and cracks at the spines, missing upper spine, lower corners heavily dulled. Attached : LA FONTAINE. Contes. New edition. Paris, Imprimerie Crapelet, Lefèvre, 1814. 1 vol. in-8. Full tawny granite calf, gilt roulette in frame, gilt spine, red morocco title-piece. 9 plates after Moreau le jeune. Joints rubbed. Missing caps, corners dulled.
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