Les Amours de Psyche et de Cupidon by Jean de La Fontaine

References: Cohen-de Ricci 582 & 584 Rochambeau p.595, 20 ('belle édition') Sander 1032 Ray 69.Īuthor: Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695) was a French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century. Didot jeune for Defer de Maisonneuve, 1791 in Paris. The photos are very accurate, so please review carefully.Īuthor and Title: JEAN DE LA FONTAINE, 'Les Amours de Psyché et de Cupidon' (The Loves of Psyche and Cupid). Pages with full and wide original margins, in very good condition, rare foxing or spotting, minor blemishes to be expected with prints of this age (232 years). 163 pages + 1 leaf with the prospectus announcing an edition of Milton's Paradise Lost. In this playful tale where emotion and jokes mingle, precious impulses and satirical points, an “ambiguous sense of freshness and depth” emerges.(Paul Valéry).ĭescription: Original 18th century full leather binding in very good condition, plates and serrations framed by rich gilt frame, label with gilt title and decorations on the spine, marbled endpapers, gilt edges (minimal defects at the extremities). In Les Amours de Psyché et de Cupidon, La Fontaine displays an astonishing talent as a prose writer, and diverts, by combining gallantry and ribaldness, a myth celebrated since Antiquity. First edition, the hand-coloured illustrations are in very good condition, pages are clean and fresh, printed on large vélin paper of excellent quality.

Magnificent illustrated book by Jean de LA FONTAINE 'The Loves of Psyche and Cupid' (Les Amours de Psyché et de Cupidon), with 4 hand-coloured stipple-engraved plates by C.

Les Amours de Psyche et de Cupidon by Jean de La Fontaine