Selected fables, set in verse. Paris, Desaint & Saillant, Durand, De l'Imprimerie de Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1755-1759. 4 volumes in-folio, marbled calf, spine decorated, red title coin, inside spine roulette, red edges (contemporary binding).
Very beautiful and famous edition, illustrated with a frontispiece and 275 figures by Jean-Baptiste Oudry.
The Monkey and the Leopard board is in the first draw.
Wetness at the end of volume III and in volume IV, reaching a few boards. Restored binding, lining and endpapers renewed.
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