LA FONTAINE, Jean de Lot n° 16

The loves of Psyche and Cupid, followed by Adonis, poem Gr. in-4°, xx-335 pp. Edition decorated with engravings after the designs of Gerard, painter. Complete with the 5 figures (before the letter) by Gerard engraved by Blot, Marais, Mathieu, Nicollet and Alex. Tardieu. A suite of coloured proofs (from the 1795 edition by Saugrain) is enclosed: the portrait of La Fontaine (by Rigualt) + 7 (of 8) figures by Moreau. Copy on vellum paper. Beautifully bound in glazed calf, spine richly gilt, red morocco title-piece, one corner slightly dulled, triple gilt fillet around the boards, marbled edges Ref. Cohen de Ricci 583/584 Paris in the Louvre by P. Didot l'aîné 1797