8vo. In two volumes. xviii, [2], 355, [1]; [4], 387pp, [3]. With numerous engraved plates after designs by Charles Eisen. Contemporary gilt-tooled brown crushed morocco, T.E.G. Very minor shelf-wear. Marbled endpapers, internally immaculate.

A handsomely bound copy of La Fontaine's perennially popular short stories. Originally published in 1665, the tales gained notoriety for their bawdy themes and archly licentious tone and frequently courted censorship.