[With extra plates] Contes et nouvelles en vers, par M. de la Fontaine.

London, no publisher, 1764, 2 volumes, XXIV,207,(1); X),238 p., with EXTRA 76 engraved plates of the Fermiers Généraux, pasted to leaves bound along, 19th-century contemporary uniform half morocco by Sotheran (London), gilt back with raised bands (top hinges torn in).

Good copy of a rare edition, a forgery of the Fermiers-Généraux edition, Paris, 1762. A forged edition exists with Amsterdam as fake place of printing, which appears more frequently, also from 1764. Our copy with ex libris of William Hillier, 4th Earl of of Onslow. On him, see: https://tinyurl.com/m4auaq9.