LA FONTAINE de Jean, “Fables de La Fontaine. illustrées par Jules David”, Armand Aubrée, Paris, 1839.

Frontispiece portrait of La Fontaine, engraved title page with hand-coloured partly in gilt & 400 wood engravings in text by Jules David (student of Duval Camus).

8vo, pp.588. Contemporary binding: full green leather paneled in gilt, spine with blind-stamped decorations in gilt. External rubbing, spotting inside.