Live auction - Lot 346
[Minuscule]
Le petit fabuliste.
Paris, (Firmin Didot), s.d. [ca. 1840 ?]
€ 150 / 250
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Lot description
Minuscule, 2,5 x 2 cm: 87 pp.
Publ. ivory covers, red half velvet spine, a.e.g. Good copy.
Probably a somewhat later impression (without editor's name on title) of this collection of prose fables ("La chenille et le papillon", "Le jeune moineau", "L'hirondelle et l'araignée" etc.). Illustrated with 6 wood engr. plates (weak impression). This small book went through many editions between 1820 and 1850.
Ref. Cp. Welsh 5570 (= Mikrobiblion 93), Bondy p. 77, Spielmann 402, Gumuchian 4124-26.