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Jean de La Fontaine Illustrated by Charles Eisen

Published on , by Caroline Legrand
Auction on 14 January 2023 - 14:00 (CET) - Hôtel de l'Univers, 5, boulevard Heurteloup - 37000 Tours

Part one of the dispersal of the T. library will feature many works by the French fabulist, notably this famous 18th-century illustrated edition.

Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695), Contes et Nouvelles en vers (Tales and Novels in... Jean de La Fontaine Illustrated by Charles Eisen

Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695), Contes et Nouvelles en vers (Tales and Novels in Verse), Amsterdam, 1762 (Paris, Barbou), two small octavo volumes, full red morocco, triple framing net.

Estimate: €8,000/12,000

These two small octavo volumes of Jean de La Fontaine’s Tales and Novels in Verse with a preface by Denis Diderot have everything that booklovers who are passionate about his…
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