Jean de LA FONTAINE Collection of nine... - Lot 4 - Oger - Blanchet

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Jean de LA FONTAINE Collection of nine... - Lot 4 - Oger - Blanchet
Jean de LA FONTAINE Collection of nine handwritten fables illustrated in watercolor, pencil and ink by HENRIOT (1857-1933). A dust jacket featuring a portrait of La Fontaine drawn in ink in a round vignette, signed HENRIOT and dated 1931. - The oak and the reed A dust jacket showing the title and a round vignette and four pages of text illustrated with six vignettes. - The wolf and the lamb A dust jacket with the title and a vignette (monogrammed H) and four pages of text illustrated with seven vignettes (the last one signed Henriot at the bottom right). - The milkmaid and the milk pot A dust jacket with the title and a vignette and five pages of text illustrated with nine vignettes. - The two mules A dust jacket with the title and a vignette and three pages of text illustrated with six vignettes. - The fox and the stork A dust jacket with the title and a round vignette and three pages of text with eight vignettes. - The fox and the grapes A dust jacket with the title and a round vignette, a false title with vignette and a page of text illustrated with a vignette. - The cicada and the ant A dust jacket with the title and a vignette and four pages of text illustrated with six vignettes. - Le rat des villes et le rat des champs A dust jacket with the title and a vignette and four pages of text illustrated with eleven vignettes. - The crow and the fox A dust jacket with the title and a vignette and three pages of text illustrated with four vignettes (the last one monogrammed H.). Size of a sheet : 28,2 x 19 cm Small tears on the fold of the jackets. Stamp of the HENRIOT sale on the reverse of the sheet. Provenance: Artist's studio. Kept to this day in the artist's family.
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