2 volumes. Frontis portrait and 81 plates after designs by Charles Eisen (8vo) maroon full morocco by Riviere, brown morocco labels, gilt decorated spines and inner dentelles, a.e.g. The 1764 pirated edition of the famous Fermiers-Généraux edition of 1762. The Fermiers-Généraux edition of La Fontiane's Contes et Nouvelles is one of the most famous French illustrated books of the 18th century. "Eisen's eighty designs for La Fontaine were the liveliest and most adroit that he ever drew," - Ray, who also notes about this piracy that it was successful because "possible purchasers of the Fermiers-Généraux edition did not know how to obtain it." Bookplate of Charles Walker Andrews on the front paste-downs.
2 volumes. Frontis portrait and 81 plates after designs by Charles Eisen (8vo) maroon full morocco by Riviere, brown morocco labels, gilt decorated spines and inner dentelles, a.e.g. The 1764 pirated edition of the famous Fermiers-Généraux edition of 1762. The Fermiers-Généraux edition of La Fontiane's Contes et Nouvelles is one of the most famous French illustrated books of the 18th century. "Eisen's eighty designs for La Fontaine were the liveliest and most adroit that he ever drew," - Ray, who also notes about this piracy that it was successful because "possible purchasers of the Fermiers-Généraux edition did not know how to obtain it." Bookplate of Charles Walker Andrews on the front paste-downs.
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