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LA FONTAINE, FABLES CHOISIES mises en Vers; avec la Vie de l'Auteur par De Montenault, with 276 LARGE and BEAUTIFUL ENGRAVINGS by COCHIN and others after the spirited and masterly designs of OUDRY, fine early impressions, 4 vols. folio, contemporary calf gilt, £18. 10s Another copy, 4 vols. old red morocco, gilt edges, £22. 108 Paris, 1755-9 One of the finest works of the kind ever published. The figures of Animals designed by the eminent painter OUDRY have always been esteemed for their correctness and vigour, which, with the skill displayed in the groupings, have combined to place this interesting work at the head of its class as a delineation of the Animal Tribe stimulated by Human Passions. Ses FABLES, illustrées par GUSTAVE DORÉ, with 580 illustrations, of which 80 full-page ones are INDIA PROOFS, 2 large and splendid vols. royal folio, printed on extra superfine paper, in large type, handsomely bound in red morocco, inlaid with green, super-extra, broad borders of gold tooling on sides, gilt edges, £18. 18s Only a small number have been printed of this splendid edition. KUGLER (F.) HANDBOOK of ITALIAN PAINT- The same, new morocco super-extra, £4. 10s Painting; translated by Lady Eastlake; edited, 1842 LIFE of FREDERICK the GREAT, with a complete History of the Silesian Campaigns and Seven Years' War, illustrated by 500 original Designs by A. Menzel, royal 8vo. new calf gilt, 158 1877 Paris, 1867 One of the most beautiful and interesting of all the "Voyages LACAMBRE (C.) Fabrication des Bières et de 1791 The same, portrait, foolscap 8vo. boards, 5s 1803 LACOMBE (F.) DICTIONNAIRE Portatif des BEAUX-ARTS, thick post 8vo. new half morocco, LACY (John), WYL BUCKE his TESTAMENT top edges gilt, 8s 6d Paris, 1759 (reprint of Copland's rare edition), with Introduction by Haslewood, square 12mo. boards, 786d (only 40 copies privately printed) 1827 "The "Testament" of Wyl Bucke, the animal so called, consists of ten stanzas: the remainder of the tract is devoted to culinary receipts for the dressing of its various joints. LAFAYETTE (General) MEMOIRS, Correspondence, and Manuscripts of, portrait, 3 vols. 8vo. boards, 8s 6d 1837 LA GUÉRONNIÈRE (Le Vicomte de Paris, 1876 PAUL LACROIX'S SPLENDID ILLUMINATED WORKS, UNIFORMLY PRINTED IN SUPER-ROYAL 8vo., BY MESSRS. FIRMIN-DIDOT AND Co., of PARIS, AND PUBLISHED BETWEEN 1873-82. It is scarcely too much to say that a more beautiful, valuable, and interesting series of Books never issued from the press. 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LES ARTS au MOYEN AGE, et à l'époque de la RENAISSANCE, with 20 Chromolithographs and 400 wood engravings, sewn, £1. 10s Another copy, half morocco, gilt edges, £1. 15s MEURS, USAGES, et COSTUMES au MOYEN AGE, et à l'époque de la RENAISSANCE, with 15 CHROMOLITHOGRAPHS by KELLERHOVEN, and 440 admirable woodcuts, many of them full-page, sewn, £1. 10s £3. 58 Another copy, half morocco, gilt edges, £2. 2s The same, LARGE PAPER, sewn, £3. 3s Another copy, LARGE PAPER, full morocco extra, gilt edges, £4. 15s PAUL LACROIX'S SPLENDID WORKS, THE MANNERS, CUSTOMS, and DRESS during the Middle LAFOSSE (P. E.) 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Savage) WORKS, and LIFE JOHN FORSTER (Library Edition), with portrait and illustrations, 8 vols. 8vo, new half more extra, full gilt backs, gilt tops, fine copy (SCARC), £8. 8s 1870 Another copy, 8 vols. new calf extra, unosi. top edges gilt, £9. 9s Contents: Life, Imaginary Conversations, Sovereigns Statesmen, Boccaccio and Petrarca, Greeks and Romas Shakespeare, Literary Men, Famous Women, Pericles Aspasia, Miscellaneous Conversations, and Dialogues in vers": Poems, Criticisms, and Index. WORKS (complete edition), 2 large vols, royal 8vo. cloth (SCARCE), £1. Ss IMAGINARY CONVERSATIONS of Literary Men and Statesmen (both series); second editio corrected and enlarged, 5 vols. 8vo. half russ £2. 15s The same, new edition, 5 vols. post S new calf gilt (only 500 copies printed), £2. 15 The same, new calf gilt, 7s 6d The same, new morocco extra, gt. ed., 10 THE PENTAMERON, or Interviews of Me Giovanni Boccaccio and Messer Fr. 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