c.1900 - J. De La Fontaine‘s- Contes Et Nouvelles En Vers (Tales and Short Stories) In French

By J. De La Fontaine Illustrations By de Fragonard Undated, c.1900Jules Tallandier, Publisher/ France Complete in Two Volumes An anthology of short stories which were collected by La Fontaine from several Italian and French works of the 15th and 16th centuries. Hardcover. Morocco, bound in quarter leather with marbled boards, beautiful gilt tooling detail to spine, black title leather label to spine, marbled endpapers, frontispiece with tissue guards, numerous stunning engravings with tissue guards within both volumes, gilt to top edges, rough cut side/bottom edges, very light rubbing to edges/corners, linen paper pages, 186pp,224pp. Condition-Near Fine. Size: 7” x 10” An exquisite set! A wonderful addition to any home library/collection or as a gift!