La Fontaine (Jean de). Les Amours de Psyché et de Cupidon. E - Lot 49

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La Fontaine (Jean de). Les Amours de Psyché et de Cupidon. E - Lot 49
La Fontaine (Jean de). Les Amours de Psyché et de Cupidon. Edition decorated with figures printed in color, after paintings by M. Schall. Paris, Defer de Maisonneuve libraire, de l'imprimerie de P. Fr. Didot Jeune. 1791; large in 4°, marbled calf, wide framing lace, smooth spine decorated with lyre finials, empire green title page, wide inner lace, roulette on the edges, gilt edges; 163 pages; [1] leaf advertising the edition of Milton's Paradise Lost, and 4 hors-texte plates by Alsatian painter Schall, printed in color, engraving by Madame de Mouchy and N. Colibert. The upper spine, which had been summarily restored by Mr. Burkhart of Lyon, is open again, one corner mottled, covers worn, small scattered foxing. This copy deserves serious restoration. Ex-libris Dr. Lucien Graux; Mornay Soult and Henry Edouard Weber. Expert : Cabinet Van Eecloo
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