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Lot 334
Sale 945 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
Lots 1-307
Nov 9, 2021
4:00AM CT
Lots 308-687
Nov 10, 2021
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Live / Chicago
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Lot Description
[FONTAINE, Jean de la (1621-1695)] -- A group of 10 editions of Fontaine's Fables or about Fontaine, including:
Fables de la Fontaine. N.p., n.d. (ca. 1920). Small Folio. Numerous color illustrations by Andre Helle. Original cloth-backed pictorial boards. -- Fables de la Fontaine. France: Editions Albin Michel, 1947. Large 8vo. Numerous illustrations by Armand Rapeno. Original paper-backed boards, original dust jacket. -- The Fables of La Fontaine. New York: The New Press, 1997. Square 8vo. Numerous illustrations by Marc Chagall (1887-1985). Original boards, pictorial slip case. Light chipping to extremities of spine and slipcase. -- And 7 others. Together 10 works in 10 volumes, various 4to and 8vo sizes, various editions, condition generally fine. Complete list available upon request.
Property from the Collection of Norman and Florence Blitch