Contes et Nouvelles en Vers ... illustrés avec compositions gravées d'après les dessins de Charles Eisen

by Charles Eisen, Jean de La Fontaine

$400 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

No. 1580 of 1380 copies printed on Vélin de Rives. Frontispiece portraits of La Fontaine and Eisen from contemporary engravings, with 83 engraved plates from the originals by Eisen, and with numerous wood engraved head- and tailpieces by P. Baudier after the original drawings by Eisen. Text. 2 vols. Small 8vo. Three quarter purple morocco and marbled paper boards, gilt spine, t.e.g. Very Fine. Item #54648

• Binding: Leather

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