LA FONTAINE (Jean de). Contes et nouvelles en vers. A Amster - Lot 15

LA FONTAINE (Jean de). Contes et nouvelles en vers. A Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. 2 volumes in-8°, red morocco, fine serrated border framing the covers, smooth spine decorated, gilt edges (period binding). A portrait of La Fontaine after RIGAUD, engraved by FICQUET, on the frontispiece of Volume I, and one of EISEN, after VISPRÉ, also engraved by FICQUET, on the frontispiece of Volume II; 80 figures by EISEN, engraved by ALIAMET, BACQUOY, CHOFFARD, DELAFOSSE, FLIPPART, LEMIRE...; vignettes and culs-de-lampe. A first-edition copy, of which the figures of the "Cas de conscience" (vol. II, p. 143) and the "Diable de Papefiguière" (ibid., p. 149) are uncovered here. Ex-libris on second flyleaf. A GOOD COPY IN CONTEMPORARY BINDING OF THE FAMOUS "FERMIERS GÉNÉRAUX" EDITION, EISEN'S MASTERPIECE. Rochambeau, 524, 78.