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LA FONTAINE, JEAN DE. Contes et Nouvelles en Vers. Engraved frontispiece portraits of La Fontaine after Rigault and Charles Eisen after Vispré; 80 plates after Eisen, with those for Le Cas de Conscience and Le Diable de Papefiguière in "uncovered" state; 4 vignettes, 2 head- and 51 tailpieces by Choffard. xiv, [2], 268, [2], 8; [2], viii, [2], 306, [4], [9]-16 pages, including half-titles. 2 volumes. 8vo, 175x117 mm, contemporary French red morocco, flat spines gilt with floral and ornamental tooling, slightly faded and rubbed, minor scuffing and scratches on covers, cover corners rubbed; scattered light foxing generally not affecting plates. Amsterdam [i. e., Paris], 1762
fermiers généraux edition, so named for having been commissioned by an association of tax collectors, generally regarded as Eisen's masterwork and one of the most famous French illustrated books of the 18th century. Cohen-de Ricci 558-70; Ray, The Art of the French Illustrated Book 26; Tchemerzine (1977) III, 862-63.
