LES AMOURS DE PSYCHÉ ET DE CUPIDON

by Jean de La Fontaine, Rémi Delvaux

$600 · Offered by Type Punch Matrix

Paris: Pierre Didot l'Aîné et de Firmin Didot, 1803. First Didot stereotype edition of the classical love story of Psyche and Cupid, retold by master of fables La Fontaine — strikingly bound, with delicate engraved illustrations. Near fine. Item #49053 An attractive copy in glowing tree sheep — perfectly palm-sized for comfortable reading — and with exquisite and hypnotically detailed engraved plates. Its

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