LA FONTAINE, JEAN DE. Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris: Jombert for Desaint et Saillant and Durant, 1755-59. Engraved frontispiece by N. Dupuis and C.N. Cochin, wood-engraved title vignettes and tailpieces by Le Sueur after Bachellier, 274 engraved plates after Jean-Baptiste Oudry, engraved under the direction of Charles-Nicholas Cochin fils by Aubert, Baoquy, Chochin, Fessart, Lemire, Tardieu and others. 4 volumes, folio, contemporary calf, rebacked with the spines laid down, some joints starting; some browning and slight staining affecting the plates. Cohen de Ricci 548-550; Rochambeau 86; Ray French 5 ("one of the most ambitious and successful of all illustrated books"). (4)