Le jeu des fables ou fables de Lafontaine mises en action, avec ficgures coloriées et découpées, dessinées et gravées par Lambert. Volume D. Paris, l’auteur, n.d. (1819) 32 p., with folded engraved plate, 1 hand-coloured engraved plate and 29 of 32 hand-coloured shaped engraved figures, contained in a marbled pouch; all contained in a matching marbled slipcase with a mounted printed label.

Case: 17 x 13 cm.

4 volumes of Le Jeu des Fables were published, each with different figures. Each volume was lettered on it’s card A, B, C, or D. The first (A) was published in 1818 (Bibliographie de la France, no. 4357), the other three in 1819. The present volume is the fourth or D volume. The volume contains figures for 15 fables by Jean de La Fontaine, lacking respectively 1 figure for fable 3, 5 and 10. The text volume is some stained, the marbled slipcase is rubbed and stained.

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