BOISARD (Jean Jacques François Marin). - Lot 15

BOISARD (Jean Jacques François Marin). Fables. Second edition. S.l. [Paris: Lacombe], 1777. - 2 volumes in-8, 227x140: frontispiece, 220 pp, (1 f.), 4 plates; frontispiece, 307 pp, 3 plates. Blond calf, triple gilt fillet in frame and gilt fleuron at corners on covers, ornate smooth spine, inner gilt roulette, gilt edges (period binding). Fine edition of the Fables by Boisard (1744-1833), member of the Académie des belles-lettres de Caen. It is illustrated with two frontispieces, two title vignettes, two culs-de-lampe and 7 plates, engraved by Saint-Aubin and H. L. Schmitz after compositions by Charles Monnet (1732-1808?). The title vignette of the first volume and the cul-de-lampe of the second are unsigned. The frontispiece, title vignette and cul-de-lampe of the first volume are the same as those of the 1773 edition. The other engravings are from the first edition. ONE OF A FEW EXAMPLES ON LARGE HOLLAND PAPER, from the library of the Dukes of Luynes. A fine copy in contemporary binding, very well preserved despite a small but not serious crack at one hinge. Antique library label affixed to the last box of each volume. Freckling to some plates caused by the serpente. Provenance: Ducs de Luynes, with bookplate bearing the arms of Château de Dampierre.