[Emblemata] Fables Choisies

Mises en vers par Monsieur De La Fontaine. [2 parts in one volume]. Amsterdam, Zacharie Chatelain, 1728 and 1727. Small 8vo, leather, title on spine in red and gilt stamping, marbled endpapers, allegorical frontispiece by Romein de Hooghe with text below, 2x title of which one in red and black with vignette.

(38),123,(3) and (2),-141 to 268,(2) pp., irregular paging. Portrait of Jean de la Fontaine, quote by Rousseau with headpiece, 21,19,18 and 21,21,19 [= 119] illustrations in the text [with 123 fables] in copper engraving. These first 2 parts (of 5) complete with 119 copper engravings. See Landwehr. Various minor tears, else a good copy of this curiously paged edition.