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LA FONTAINE (Jean de). Contes et Nouvelles en vers. A Amsterdam, sn, 1762. 2 volumes petit in-8 de xiv-[2]-268-[2] pp., [2]-viii-[2]-306-[3] pp. Veau marbré, dos lisses ornés, pièces de titre verte et brune, pièces de tomaison rouges, triple filet doré encadrant les plats, tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque). Mors usés, qqs restaurations. Premier essai de la célèbre édition des Fermiers Généraux (sans la suite de gravures donnée à part). Elle présente la même composition mais le format est un peu plus petit et les culs-de-lampe y sont ici gravés sur bois. ""Cette édition est fort rare"" selon Cohen. (Cohen 568 ; Rochambeau p. 524 n°78.)
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