Jean de La Fontaine — Contes Et Nouvelles En Vers

Paris , Les Editions G. Cres et Cie, 1922. Leather. A handsome limited illustrated edition of Fontaine's tales, in signed half crushed morocco by Hatchards. One of a limited number of copies printed on Rives vellum paper. This copy is numbered 1656. Complete in two volumes. Uniformly bound in signed half crushed morocco by Hatchards.A selection of tales and short stories by French fabulist and poet, Jean de La Fontaine. He is best known for his Fables, which influenced subsequent fabulists across Europe. Illustrated with engravings after the drawings of French painter Charles Eisen. Uniformly bound in signed half crushed morocco by Hatchards. Externally, with rubbing to the extremities, heaviest to the spine head of Vol II. Front board to Vol I is detached, but present. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Bookplate of one L. R. Rawlings to the front endpapers. Good . Ill.: Charles Eisen. Good .