Lot no. 125
LA FONTAINE (J. de). LES AMOURS DE PSICHE ET DE CUPIDON (followed by Adonis).
Paris, Denis Thierry, 1669.
In-8 of [24]-500 pages, red morocco, richly decorated spine, fillets on covers, gilt inner lace, gilt edges (Capé).
ORIGINAL EDITION dedicated to the Duchess of Bouillon for these 2 works and for which the privilege was granted on May 2, 1668 to Claude Barbin who gave half of it to Denis Thierry; the copies thus bear indifferently the address of one or the other bookseller. A fine copy. (Tchémerzine III, 878) (Rochambeau p. 591 n°1).
Provenance: Library of Henri Monod with his ex-libris and his gilt monogram on the upper corner of the first cover (Sale of 10 March 1920, n°191).
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