LA FONTAINE (Jean de). Fables, Paris, De l'Imprimerie de P. Didot l'Aîné, 1813, 2 volumes in-8, porphyry calf, smooth ornate spine, foliate roulette framing the covers, marbled edges. Beautiful edition printed on fine paper, published in the Collection des meilleurs ouvrages de la langue française, and illustrated with 12 engravings after Girardet, Roiny, Racine, Duparc, Massard, Devilliers. Very interesting binding, decorated in each box with an iron plate illustrating a fable (the iron plate at the tail of volume 1 is partly worn).