LA FONTAINE (Jean de). Contes et nouvelles en vers. Paris, Didot l'Aîné, 1795. 2 volumes in 1 vol. in-4° bound in full green cardboard (later binding). VII, [1] p., 280 pp. and [1] f. - 1] f., 330 pp. and [2] ff. decorated with an engraved title finial and 20 figures after Fragonard by various sculptors. Edition left unfinished, illustrated with an iconography imagined by Fragonnard and engraved by Aliamet, Dambrun, Dupréel, Lingée, Patas, Saint-Aubin, Simonet, Tilliard... The second title page is missing in our copy, which is also enriched with 3 manuscript title and frontispiece pages reproducing the typography of the printed engraved titles. Untrimmed copy. Pages nicely clean, some plates foxed, binding soiledProvenance: Collection of a Basel bibliophile Binding soiled and in places discreetly restored Pages inside pleasantly clean Some plates foxed, especially in the margins Minor spotting in places False title page slightly soiled Untrimmed edge of the ff. The untrimmed edges of the pages are a little dirty The upper part of the copy is slightly trimmed, the rest of the pages have full margins