Mr. de LA FONTAINE. Les Amours de Psyché et de Cupidon [foll - Lot 247

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Mr. de LA FONTAINE. Les Amours de Psyché et de Cupidon [foll - Lot 247
Mr. de LA FONTAINE. Les Amours de Psyché et de Cupidon [followed by] Adonis poem. In-16 of viii (epistle and preface) and 232 pages, Bradel-style cardboard, decorated spine, fleuron of a faun with flute on the first plate, gilt head and edges (old binding). Curious "unica" volume. Its snack reveals its mystery. It is volume IV of the Miscellaneous Works of M. de La Fontaine, Chez la veuve Pissot, 1744. It is a modest volume, but one which takes on its unique appeal because it is enriched with 18 figures from L'Arétin Français, London 1787, by Antoine Borel, engraved by Elluin, and 6 figures, 1830, first to sixth Leçon de volupté. Its title page is absent, probably deliberately in order to muddy all bibliographical tracks, and to suggest that it is an unpublished work "under the mantle"...
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