LA FONTAINE, Jean de (1621-1695). Contes et nouvelles en vers. Amsterdam: 1764. 2 vols, 8° (181 x 113mm). 80 engraved plates after Eisen, sixty culs-de-lampe. (A few text leaves lightly browned.) Contemporary olive-green morocco gilt, sides with floral border, morocco labels, gilt edges (light minor rubbing to sides, and a few tiny wormholes to spines). Provenance: Fermor-Hesketh Library at Easton Neston (bookplate and case label in each volume).

LA FONTAINE, Jean de (1621-1695). Contes et nouvelles en vers. Amsterdam: 1764. 2 vols, 8° (181 x 113mm). 80 engraved plates after Eisen, sixty culs-de-lampe. (A few text leaves lightly browned.) Contemporary olive-green morocco gilt, sides with floral border, morocco labels, gilt edges (light minor rubbing to sides, and a few tiny wormholes to spines). Provenance: Fermor-Hesketh Library at Easton Neston (bookplate and case label in each volume).

First pirated edition of this masterpiece of rococo book illustration. Printed just two years after the luxurious limited edition commissioned by the Fermiers Généraux, this edition presents the celebrated series of engravings after Eisen. Brunet III: 760; Cohen-de Ricci 571; Graesse IV: 75. (2)