LA FONTAINE (Jean de)
Fables. Paris, De l'Imprimerie de Didot l'aîné, 1789. 2 volumes in-8, green morocco, triple gilt fillet, ornate smooth spine, red title-pieces, interior roulette, gilt edges (period binding).
Edition of the Collection des auteurs classiques françois et latins, published by order of the King for the education of the Dauphin. It was printed in an edition of 400 copies on Angoulême wove paper.
Copy in contemporary green morocco, the spine elegantly decorated with a repeated iron urn.
Some light foxing. Spine a little lightened.
