Lot no. 218
LA FONTAINE (Jean de). Les Amours de Psyché et Cupidon, with the poem of Adonis. Paris, de l'imprimerie de Didot le Jeune [pour Saugrain], an III [1795]. In-4, blue paste paper boards, spine muted, untrimmed (contemporary binding). A very fine typographical edition by Didot, illustrated with a portrait of La Fontaine by Audouin after Hyacinthe Rigaud and 8 out-of-text figures drawn by Moreau le Jeune and engraved under his direction. Copy on wove paper with good margins. Binding a little rubbed, small brown stain at head, tear without missing p. 101. Rochambeau, Psyché, n°24 - Cohen, 583 - Ray, 98.
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