BOISARD, J.-J.-F.-M. (1743-1831). Fables. [Paris: no printer, 1777]. 2 volumes, 8° (229 x 137mm). 2 engraved title-vignettes, 9 plates and 2 culs-de-lampe by Saint-Aubin and Schmitz after Monnet, half-titles (plates a trifle foxed). Contemporary French red morocco, gilt border à la Du Seuil round sides with a fleuron at the corners, flat spines gilt with brown lettering and numbering pieces, gilt edges, inner dentelles, gilt edges. Provenance: unidentified bookplate. Second, and best, edition. Cohen-de Ricci 172. (2)