DORAT (Claude Joseph). New fables. Paris and The Hague, Dela - Lot 503

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DORAT (Claude Joseph). New fables. Paris and The Hague, Dela - Lot 503
DORAT (Claude Joseph). New fables. Paris and The Hague, Delalain, 1773. 2 volumes (in continuous pagination) bound in one vol. in-8 of xii pp.-[1] f.-309-[3] pp. Rooted calf, smooth spine decorated, title p. in red marble (contemporary binding). Worn caps and corners, rubbed jaws and cuts. The illustration is composed of an engraved frontispiece title, a large title vignette, 1 off-text figure (out of 2), an engraved intermediate title, 99 headbands and 99 culs-de-lampe, all by MARILLIER. "This work, which rivals in perfection with Les Baisers, is Marillier's masterpiece, in terms of the finesse of execution and the spirit that reigns in all the beautiful subjects that adorn it; but it must be on large paper and white paper rather than azure paper" Cohen. Ex-libris Albert-Claude Dubrulle. Good copy on large white paper. (Cohen, 313.)
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