Dorat, Fables nouvelles, The Hague, 1773, later tan morocco gilt, with a letter by Dorat

DORAT, CLAUDE JOSEPH

Fables nouvelles. The Hague and Paris: Delalain, 1773

2 parts in one volume, 8vo (226 x 136mm.), additional engraved title-page, letterpress title-page with engraved vignette, numerous fine engraved head- and tailpieces mostly designed by Marillier, 1 engraved plate, engraved title to part 2, with an AUTOGRAPH LETTER BY DORAT and an engraved portrait of the author after Denon bound at the front, later tan morocco gilt in period style by Capé, spine gilt in compartments with morocco lettering-pieces, gilt edges

The undated three-page autograph letter is addressed to M. Darnaud in Paris, most likely Dorat's friend the writer François-Thomas-Marie de Baculard d'Arnaud (1718-1805).

LITERATURE:

Cohen-De Ricci 313-314

PROVENANCE:

Léon Rattier, armorial booklabel, sale, Paris, 3 June 1913

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