La Fontaine's erotic tales illustrated by Fragonard

Description

Jean de LA FONTAINE's Contes de la Fontaine, reprinted from the 1795 Didot edition, augmented with a notice by Anatole de Montaiglon. Paris: A. Le Vasseur, 1891. 2 volumes, large quarto format (26 x 33 cm), featuring a frontispiece portrait of La Fontaine (etching by Martial), LXI-262 & 418 pp., and a frontispiece portrait of Fragonard (etching by Martial). Includes 100 full-page etchings after Jean-Honoré Fragonard's drawings and engravings, with tailpieces and vignettes. Bound in half-morocco with corners, gilt edges, slightly worn corners or rubbed, one detached board on the second volume (present, to be restored), occasional faint foxing. Shipping outside the EU incurs additional fees.