BENSERADE, Isaac de] - Fables d'Esope en quatrains dont il y - Lot 219

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BENSERADE, Isaac de] - Fables d'Esope en quatrains dont il y - Lot 219
BENSERADE, Isaac de] - Fables d'Esope en quatrains dont il y a une partie au Labyrinthe de Versailles. Paris, Sebastien Mabre-Cramoisy, 1678. In-12, (4) ff, 222 pp, (5) ff, 222 woodcuts in text, paper a little yellowed, contemporary marbled fawn calf, triple gilt thread on boards, ornate ribbed spine, gilt tr. FABULA DOCET n°64. First edition dedicated to Louis de Bourbon-Condé (1668-1710). 39 of Benserade's quatrains were used to accompany the fountains of the Labyrinthe built between 1672 and 1677 with the participation of Charles Perrault. The oval figures accompanying the quatrains are by Pierre Le Sueur (1636-1716), one of the finest wood engravers of the 17th century.
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