[Rare La Fontaine fully engraved in shorthand] (Fables de La Fontaine)

(gravées en caractères sténographiques par Dien). Paris, T.P. Bertin, (an IV - 1796), 138 p., with engraved portrait by J.B.M. Dupréel after H. Rigault, illustrations, vignettes and shorthand text engraved by Dien, contemporary paperboard with morocco title shield, 12mo size (excellent copy).

A rare and remarkable publication, this should be one of the editions most difficult to find for collectors of fairytale books in general and those written by La Fontaine in particular.