LA FONTAINE (Jean de). Fables choisies. Leiden, Luzac & - Lot 89

LA FONTAINE (Jean de). Fables choisies. Leiden, Luzac & Van Damme, 1786. 6 volumes in-8, reduced edition of the large Desaint et Saillant edition of 1755-1759, illustrated with an engraved frontispiece and 263 (of 275) hors-texte plates after drawings by Jean-Baptiste Oudry engraved by Delfos, Punt and Vinkelès. Bound in contemporary half-brown basane, smooth spine, green morocco title-piece and round end-piece. Ex-libris H.J. De Dompierre de Chauffepie and handwritten ex-libris Van Zon. Incomplete copy of 12 plates, binding rubbed, some spotting, white endpaper missing from volumes 1 and 6, tear not missing on page 19 of volume 2, foxing on the sixth plate of volume 5. Provenance: Anne Marie Berger Collection