LA FONTAINE (Jean de). Fables [...]. A Paris, de l'Imprimeri - Lot 100

LA FONTAINE (Jean de). Fables [...]. A Paris, de l'Imprimerie de Didot l'aîné, 1788. Large in-4°, red morocco, fine gilt garland framing the covers, ornate ribbed spine, gilt edges (period binding). Remarkable typographical edition "printed by order of the King for the education of Monseigneur le Dauphin", by François-Ambroise DIDOT l'aîné (1730-1804) with new type engraved by Firmin Didot, on wove paper from the factory of Dervaux et Henry in Angoulême. Edition of 250 copies. From the libraries of Count Gregory Alexandrovich STROGANOFF (1770-1857), diplomat and chamberlain to Tsar Alexander I, great collector and patron, with armorial bookplate, & from the Sibirskava University Library with wet stamp on title.