La Fontaine / Eisen - Contes et nouvelles en vers par Mr de La Fontaine - 1762

We are no longer required to introduce La Fontaine’s verse tales and fables from 1762. It should be noted that the two volumes are in very good condition, that Eisen’s 80 illustrations are present, and that the text is complete. The work comes from the Sandringham library, with the former ex-libris of King Edward VII. The binding is marbled calf, the spine is smooth with the title gilt on red and the volume number gilt on beige. Note that the hinges, while intact, are fragile. All edges gilded. Format: in-8, 12.2 x 18.9 cm. Volume 1: XIV, 4 unpaginated pages, 268 pp, 2 pages of table. Volume 2: VIII, 4 unpaginated pages, 306 pp, 4 pages of epitaph and index. Edited by the Fermiers Généraux in Amsterdam (Paris) with the illustrations newly discovered.