Fables Choisies, Mises en Vers par Monsieur de La Fontaine
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Avec un Nouveau Commentaire par M. Coste
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1757
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This book is almost identical with another of the same date but from Humblot as the publisher. The title page changes the printer's design and the publisher and publisher's address. The plates inside the book, including the illustrations, seem identical. The errata page inserted there at 271 at the end of the second volume has been removed, but I cannot locate the erratum in the first volume of that first copy anyway! Both copies were printed by Didot. This book is inscribed at its back by Catharine and Sarah Bullock on November 21, 1788. That is a curious time in history! At its beginning, there are the names of J. Parry and Fanny Parry in 1833. This little book has had quite a history! I will include and slightly reshape my comments from the Humblot edition. This is a lovely little book, the earliest Coste edition I have. It is certainly in the family of Bodemann #121. The date matches with #121.2, but the editor there is Prault fils aîné, whereas here it is Humblot. The description of #121.1, published in 1743, also seems to match up well. Here as in #121.2 the printer is Didot. The frontispiece by Picart has Aesop explaining his fables to La Fontaine. There is a lovely vignette at the beginning of each book, several of them labeled "Caron." The description for #121.1 refers to two landscapes in conjunction with two dedications, but I cannot find them here either. All twelve books are here in two volumes separately paginated. Both books represent lovely inexpensive finds!
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Le Clerc
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