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Large 4to (300 x 225 mm). 3 nn.ll. (half-title, patent, title), XCV, 482 pp., 1 nn.l. (bookseller’s catalogue). Contemporary red morocco, triple gilt filet on covers, spine gilt with raised bvands, gilt turn ins, gilt edges.
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Rochambeau, 134.
Superb edition of only 250 copies printed on wove paper.
The colophon states that “250 copies of this edition were printed with the new typefaces from the foundry of Didot l’aîné, engraved by Firmin his 2nd son”.
The half-title indicates that it was published in the Collection des auteurs classiques françois et latins. This important edition has been revised from the editions of 1668, 1678 and 1694, which were revised by La Fontaine himself.
A very fine copy, complete with the patent granted by Louis XVI to Didot l’ainé for the printing of this volume, bound-in after the half-title.
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