Author:

La Fontaine, Jean de 1621-1695  Search this

Olivet, Pierre-Joseph Thoulier 1682-1768  Search this

Engraver:

Fessard, Etienne 1714-1777  Search this

Montulay, François  Search this

Ill:

Monnet, Charles 1732-1809?  Search this

Loutherbourg, Philippe-Jacques de 1740-1812  Search this

Former owner:

Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art DSI  Search this

Binder:

European Bookbinding Co. DSI  Search this

Subject:

La Fontaine, Jean de 1621-1695  Search this

Aesop  Search this

Physical description:

6 v., 243 leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 cm. (8vo)

Type:

Books

Date:

1765

1775

1765-1775

Notes:

Engraved throughout; text set within double-rule border.

Tome 3: "le texte [gravé] par le Sr. Droüet."

Engravings after drawings by Bardin, Bidault, Loutherbourg, Meyer, Monnet and others.

Publisher varies: t. 4 has "Chez l'auteur ..., Durand ..., Des Lauriers ..."; t. 5 has "Chez l'auteur ..., et chez Durand ..."; and t. 6 has "Chez Des Lauriers ...".

"La vie d'Esope": v. 1, p. xvi-xlix. "Eloge historique de M. de La Fontaine, par M. l'abbé de Olivet": v. 1, p. li-lxviii.

Topic:

Fables, French  Search this

Call number:

PQ1808 .A1 1765

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_726464