Research Catalog

Title

Fables choisies / mises en vers par M. de la Fontaine.

Author

La Fontaine, Jean de, 1621-1695.

Publication

A Paris : Chez Denys Thierry, ruë Saint Jacques, à l'enseigne de la Ville de Paris, 1668.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Chauveau, François, 1613-1676.
• Chambolle-Duru (Firm). bnd

Description

[56], 284, [4] p. : ill.; 25 cm. (4to)

Subject

• Aesop
• Fables, French

Genre/Form

Bookbinding (Binding) – France – 19th century.

Note

• "Achevé d'imprimer pour la premiere fois, le 31. mars 1668"--P. [286].
• Issued also with varying publisher statement on t.p.: Chez Claude Barbin, au palais sur le perron de la Sainte Chapelle. The privilege was granted to Barbin, who shared it with Thierry. Cf. "Extraict du privilege du Roy," p. [286]. In above references, BN Fonds français and Després cite Barbin issue only.
• With the 6 lines at end of "Le lion amoureux" (p. 148) suppressed by the author in later editions. Cf. Tchemerzine.
• This copy with the corrections on leaf õ2v, lines 5 and 18. Cf. Tchemerzine.
• Signatures: ã⁴ ẽ⁴ ĩ⁴ õ⁴ ũ⁴ 2ã⁴ 2ẽ⁴ A-2N⁴.
• Illustrations: 119 prints : etching ; plate mark 55 x 70 mm. Comprise t.p. vignette (arms of the dedicatee, Louis, Dauphin of France) and headpieces to 118 of the 124 fables, by François Chauveau (most signed F.C.). For discussion, cf. Després, p. 19-25, and BN Fonds français, which lists all 118 subjects although assigning the sequence only 60 cat. nos.
• Woodcut and type flower head- and tailpieces; floriated initials.
• "La vie d'Esope, le phrygien": p. [22-49] (1st group).
• Includes index.

Indexed In (note)

• Brunet
• Grässe
• Tchemerzine
• Rothschild, N.J.E. Cat.
• BN Fonds français, 16. s.
• Després, A. Eds. illustrées des Fables de La Fontaine

Call Number

Spencer Coll. French 1668 94-18

OCLC

NYPG94-B3785

Author

La Fontaine, Jean de, 1621-1695.

Title

Fables choisies / mises en vers par M. de la Fontaine.

Imprint

A Paris : Chez Denys Thierry, ruë Saint Jacques, à l'enseigne de la Ville de Paris, 1668.

Indexed In:

Brunet, III, col. 750

Grässe, IV, p. 7l

Tchemerzine, VI, p. 381-382

Rothschild, N.J.E. Cat., I, 911

BN Fonds français, 16. s., II, p. 495-497, no. 986-1046

Després, A. Eds. illustrées des Fables de La Fontaine, 1 (note)

Local Note

Leaf 2N4, blank, wanting.

Binding: Red crushed levant morocco, gilt, by Chambolle-Duru.

Provenance: A. Perreau (bookplate); Jules Lemaitre (bookplate).

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Local Subject

Perreau, A. Provenance.

Lemaître, Jules, 1853-1914 Provenance.

Added Author

Chauveau, François, 1613-1676. Etcher

Chambolle-Duru (Firm). Binder

Research Call Number

Spencer Coll. French 1668 94-18