Tales and Novels of J. De La Fontaine
Nijmegen, Holland: G. J. Thieme, 1929. First Thus. With 12 hand colored erotic engravings by avant-garde "Queen of Greenwich Village," Clara Tice. These are number 52b of 100 copies hand colored with signed cards attached in each preliminary. A collection of the fables and poems of one of France's most celebrated authors during the life of King Louis XIV. Uniformly bound in textured purple cloth with marbling to the cloth and gilded illustrations. Spines faded somewhat. Each volume is solid and square with some pushing to spine ends. All edges roughly to untrimmed. The interiors are all bright and clean with old light pencil notes from previous sellers on ffep's. Illustrations with minor transfer to opposite pages. Overall very good to near fine condition.
Pages: Vol 1: (xvi) 204 (4); Vol 2: (xvi) 270 (2) Dimensions: 9(15/16) x 6(5/8) x 1(9/16) (each). Very Good+. Item #6352
Price: $1,000.00