REF. 0643

Fabliaux et contes des poètes françois des XI, XII, XIII, XIV et XVe siècles, tirés des meilleurs auteurs ; Publiés par Barbazan. Nouvelle édition, Augmentée et revue sur les Manuscrits de la Bibliothèque Impériale, [...]

Étienne Barbazan
Publisher
B. Warée
Place
Paris
Date
1808
Format
In-8 (243 x 158 mm)
Binding
Adolf Closs
Collation
4 volumes, T1 - (2) ff., XXI-465 pp., T2 - (2) ff., XIV-467 pp., T3 - (2) ff., XXXII-514 pp., T4 - XVI-521 pp., (1) f.
Artist
Rémi DelvauxDe Villiers frèresEustache-Hyacinthe Langlois
Language
French
Century
19th century

Condition report

Very good

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BARBAZAN, Étienne. Fabliaux et contes des poètes françois des XI, XII, XIII, XIV et XVe siècles, tirés des meilleurs auteurs ; Publiés par Barbazan. Nouvelle édition, Augmentée et revue sur les Manuscrits de la Bibliothèque Impériale, par M. MÉON, employé aux Manuscrits de la même Bibliothèque.
Paris, B. Warée, 1808.

In-8 (243 x 158 mm), 4 volumes, T1 - (2) ff., XXI-465 pp., T2 - (2) ff., XIV-467 pp., T3 - (2) ff., XXXII-514 pp., T4 - XVI-521 pp., (1) f.
Full red morocco, triple fillet framing the covers, threaded ribbed spine, grotesquely decorated boxes, gold-stamped title and tomation, double fillet on the edges, gilt edges on marbling, roulette on the endpapers (A. Closs).

Illustrated edition.
The first edition of this collection of fables appeared in 1756. The illustration includes 4 intaglio frontispieces, two by Delvaux and two by De Villiers frères after Langlois.

Precious and attractive copies in 19th century red morocco, in exemplary condition with no foxing and wide margins.