397 - La Fontaine, J. de. Contes et Nouvelles en vers. 2 vols. Paris, Plassan & Chevallier, 1792. Half-title, XIV, 268 pages, 1 leaf; Half-title, VIII, 306 pages; 2 leaves. With 2 engraved title vignettes, 3 (instead of 2) portrait engravings, 80 copperplate engravings and 57 text vignettes by Aliamet, Baquoy, Choffard, Delafosse, Flipart, Lemire, Leveau, de Longueil and Ouvrier after Charleses Eisen. Red morocco bindings of the 19th century (signed 'R. Petit') with rich gilt tooling, gilt-tooled covers, fillets on the front and inner edges, and gilt edges.

La Fontaine, J. de. Contes et Nouvelles en vers. 2 vols. Paris, Plassan & Chevallier, 1792. Half-title, XIV, 268 pages, 1 leaf; Half-title, VIII, 306 pages; 2 leaves. With 2 engraved title vignettes, 3 (instead of 2) portrait engravings, 80 copperplate engravings and 57 text vignettes by Aliamet, Baquoy, Choffard, Delafosse, Flipart, Lemire, Leveau, de Longueil and Ouvrier after Charleses Eisen. Red morocco bindings of the 19th century (signed 'R. Petit') with rich gilt tooling, gilt-tooled covers, fillets on the front and inner edges, and gilt edges. Cf. Cohen/Ricci 573; Rochambeau 101 Note: 'This edition, rare à trouver, aurait été imprimée par Plassan pour employer des suites de figures, tires in 1762 and non-utilisées; in trouve en effet certain figures de tout premier tirage, voire même, dans certains exemplairies, des figures découvertes'.- Somewhat slightly foxed, volume 2 on the first 60 pages with wet margins in the white outer corner.