Contes de La Fontaine. Tome premier

BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD 2025
1. Bibliographic Data
Author
La Fontaine, Jean de (1621–1695)
Title
Contes de La Fontaine. Tome premier
Statement of responsibility
Par M. de La Fontaine
Place of publication
Paris
Publisher
Le Club Français du Livre
Series
Le Club Français du Livre
Printer
C.I.B., Paris
Date
1965
Imprint (isbd)
Paris: Le Club Français du Livre, 1965
Language
French
Edition
Facsimile reproduction of the 1762 Fermiers généraux edition
Alternative title
Contes et nouvelles en vers
Original work
Contes et nouvelles en vers
Original language
French
Print run
Limited non-commercial edition reserved for members of the Club Français du Livre; 10,000 numbered copies from D 1 to D 10,000; copy D 3896
2. Physical Description
Collation
1 volume (Tome premier)
Illustrations
Yes; includes an engraved portrait of Jean de La Fontaine and numerous reproductions of the illustrations from the 1762 edition
Maps
Not identified
Format
Octavo
Dimensions
21.4 × 14.5 cm
Typographical signatures
Not identified
Paper type
Wove paper (vellum-type paper)
Watermarks
None observed
Printing condition
Very good; sharp printing on high-quality paper
3. Binding
Binding
Publisher’s full synthetic leather or imitation leather binding in reddish-brown colour
Materials
Covers decorated with gilt rococo-style stamping on boards and spine
Decoration
Large gilt ornamental border on the covers; author and title gilt on the spine
Condition
Very good
4. Contents
Contains
Collection of La Fontaine’s Contes in a facsimile reproduction based on the illustrated 1762 Fermiers généraux edition
Includes
Author’s preface, engraved portrait of Jean de La Fontaine, verse narratives, and reproductions of the original typographical ornaments
5. General Notes
Notes
Edition issued by the Club Français du Livre as a facsimile reproduction of one of the most celebrated editions of La Fontaine’s Contes
Notes
Completed on 15 February 1965 on the presses of C.I.B., Paris, and bound by Schmitt in Strasbourg
Notes
Copy intended exclusively for members of the Club Français du Livre
6. Subjects
Subjects
French literature
Subjects
Verse narratives
Subjects
Gallant tales
Subjects
Seventeenth-century literature
Subjects
Facsimile editions
Subjects
French bibliography and book collecting
7. Copy Record
Shelf mark
2025
Provenance
Biblioteca de Alfred Gallart i Genis
Condition
Very good
Copy number
D 3896
Copy notes
Retains its original publisher’s gilt-decorated binding; complete and clean interior; paper in excellent condition.