Marmontel, [Jean-François]. - Moral Tales. Paris, J. Merlin, - Lot 436

Marmontel, [Jean-François]. - Moral Tales. Paris, J. Merlin, 1765. 3 in-12 volumes bound in full period speckled calfskin, with decorated raised bands on the spine, red title and volume number labels—tears on 3 cap bands—[1 folio, frontispiece-title page], XVI pp., [1 folio, table of contents, errata], 345 pp.; [2 ff., title page, table of contents], 376 pp.; [4 ff., title page, approval, table of contents], 312 pp. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Marmontel engraved by St. Aubin after Cochin, 3 repetitive allegorical title pages engraved by Duclos after Gravelot, and 23 half-page figures by Gravelot engraved by De Longueil (9), Le Veau (4), Le Mire (2), J-J Pasquier (2), J-F Rousseau (2), L. Le Grand (1), Baquoy (1), Voyé (1), W? (1). Complete;