398 - La Fontaine, J. de. Tales, with illustrations by Fragonard. Reprint of the 1795 edition by Didot. Revue et augmentée d'une Notice par M. Anatole de Montaiglon. 2 vols. Paris, Lemonnyer, 1883. 3 leaves, 69 pages, 1 leaf, 288 pp.; 3 leaves, 418 pages, 1 leaf. With 2 etched portrait frontispieces, 2 title pages from the 1795 edition with etched vignettes, 5 etched head and tail vignettes, and 91 etched plates by Martial et al. after Fragonard. 4to. Wine-red half-maroon bindings of the 19th century with magnificent gilt spines (slightly rubbed).

La Fontaine, J. de. Tales, with illustrations by Fragonard. Reprint of the 1795 edition by Didot. Revue et augmentée d'une Notice par M. Anatole de Montaiglon. 2 vols. Paris, Lemonnyer, 1883. 3 leaves, 69 pages, 1 leaf, 288 pp.; 3 leaves, 418 pages, 1 leaf. With 2 etched portrait frontispieces, 2 title pages from the 1795 edition with etched vignettes, 5 etched head and tail vignettes, and 91 etched plates by Martial et al. after Fragonard. 4to. Wine-red half-maroon bindings of the 19th century with magnificent gilt spines (slightly rubbed). Vicaire IV, 920/21. - One of 500 numbered copies. - Copy so complete that the numbering of the etchings in the work is given in the list of illustrations from 1 to 100. All plates with title page and legend. Some plates in Volume I in two states - 'Gravurée terminée. - Edition de 1795' and 'Dessin' (as also indicated in the list of illustrations). - Wide-margined copy. - Partly slightly browned, cracked inner hinges restored.