FABLES CHOISIES, MISE EN VERS (12 Books in 6 Volumes, Complete)

No Editions Stated. 6 Volumes, Complete. Uniformly bound, 8vo. half tan contemporary calf, red title labels, gilt, and oval olive green Volume number labels, gilt, with decorative gilt rules and borders to spines, speckled paper-covered boards. TEXT IN FRENCH. Volume I: xxi (Advertisement, Dedication, Preface), [2] Contents, [2] Subscribers, 79pp. plus engraved Frontispiece and 25 engraved plates to Book 1 (XXII Fables), 20 plates to Book 2 (XX Fables). Volume II: [2] Contents, 78pp. plus 24 engraved plates to Book 3 (XVIII Fables), 25 plates to Book 4 (XXII Fables). Volume III: [2] Contents, 69pp. plus 21 engraved plates to Book 5 (XXI Fables), 22 plates to Book 6 (XXI Fables). Volume IV: [3] Advertisement, [3] Contents, 2pp. Dedication, 107pp. plus 18 engraved plates to Book 7 (XVIII Fables), 27 plates to Book 8 (XXVII Fables). Volume V: xxxii Life of de la Fontaine, xxxiii-xliv Life of Aesop, [2] Contents, 89pp. plus 21 engraved plates to Book 9 (XIX Fables), 19 plates to Book 10 (XVI Fables). Volume VI: [2] Contents, 152pp. plus 9 engraved plates to Book 11 (IX Fables), 41 plates to Book 12 (XXXII Fables). A clean set with no previous owners' markings or inscriptions. Occasional light foxing, mainly to prelims. Vertical creases to ffeps of Vols. I and VI. Some light wear and rubbing to covers with slight loss to top of Volume VI spine and small, deep scuff to upper board of Volume V. Overall a VERY GOOD, HANDSOME SET.