La Fontaine (Jean de) Fables Choisies

La Fontaine (Jean de) Fables Choisies,

4 vol., half-titles, engraved portrait of Jean Baptiste Oudry by J.Tardieu after N. de l'Argilliere, engraved frontispiece and 270 plates (only, of 275) by Oudry after Aubert, Aveline and others, numerous woodcut head- and tail-pieces by Bachelier, frontispiece skilfully laid down with 2 repaired closed tears, 2 plates with a closed tear affecting engraved area, 1 f. remargined, very occasional browning and minor marking, 2 ff. and 1 plate marked, otherwise internally a vry good example, contemporary russia, elaborate foliate gilt border, worn at edges and spines, loss to corner tips and spine ends, lacking spine labels, [Cohen de Ricci 548; Rochambeau Fables 86; Ray 5], folio, Paris, de l'Imprimerie de Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1755-59.