LA FONTAINE (Jean de). Contes et Nouvelles en vers. Nouvelle - Lot 42

LA FONTAINE (Jean de). Contes et Nouvelles en vers. Nouvelle édition enrichie de tailles-douces, corrigée,& augmentée. Amsterdam, Brunel, 1696. 2 vol. in-12, midnight blue morocco, ornate ribbed spines, titled, tomé, localized and dated, triple gilt fillet framing the boards, wide inner lace, gilt edges, common lined slipcase (Zaenhdorf - London, England). Reprint of the Desbordes edition of 1685, illustrated with a frontispiece, 58 mid-page engravings by R. de HOOGHE, and 4 anonymous full-page garvures for the last 4 tales. Joints old and finely restored, qqs ff. restored including frontispiece and title pages. A fine copy. Two bookplates: Francis Bayard Rives and KF. (Rochambeau, pp. 513-514, no. 36; Brunet, III, 758-759; Cohen, 555).