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Paris: Librairie Des Bibliophiles E. Flammarion Successeur, N.D.. Later Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Brown leather spine, raised bands, gilt lettering on spine, vol 1, green leather, marbled boards, minor edge wear, marbled end pages, name written on half title page, some fore edge, top edge gilt, book ribbon, binding very good, pages clean, ; French Edition; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 240 pages.

Paris: Librairie des Bibliophiles, 1885. Hardcover. Very good. Told in an elegant style, Jean de la Fontaine's (1621-95) charming animal fables depict sly foxes and scheming cats, vain birds and greedy wolves, all of which subtly express his penetrating insights into French society. Illustrated with drawings by Louise Emile Adan and etchings by Paul Edme Le Rat. Small octavo, two volumes. In one-half brown morocco over marbled paper bindings, with gilt stamping, five raised bands, marbled endpapers, and a ribbon marker. The original wrappers are bound in. Some minor scuffing to the boards; otherwise very good.

Paris: Librairie des Bibliophiles, rue Saint-Honor�, 338, 1885.. 2 vols. 8vo. (17.5 x 11.5 cm). pp.xlvi+[1]+240; 308. Contemporary half red morocco over marbled boards preserving original wrappers, spines with raised bands and gilt-decorated compartments, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt others uncut. Title-pages printed in red and black. Engraved portrait frontispiece and 12 engraved plates. Some faint rubbing to extremities of spines, very faint occasional light spotting, contents generally very clean, overall a very good copy. Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695) was the most famous French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century. He is known above all for his Fables, which provided a model for subsequent fabulists across Europe and numerous alternative versions in France, and in French regional language.