Lot 15 , La Fontaine, Jean de - La Fontaine's fables. Now First Translated from the French; by Robert Thomson. illus. with engraved tailpiece throughout. 4 volumes bound in one. 8vo

La Fontaine, Jean de - La Fontaine's fables. Now First Translated from the French; by Robert Thomson. illus. with engraved tailpiece throughout. 4 volumes bound in one. 8vo, 19th Century half calf over marbled boards, spine with git rules and gilt lettered label. Paris: Sold by Chenu, Librarie, au Palais Royal, Gallerie des Offices, 1806.
£80-120

Condition:
pp.[2], 28,[1],50-52 translator's preface,105, [3]; [4], 139, [1] ; [2], 147, [1]; [4]+128. Bound without half titles for Vol I and Vol III, translator's pref. in first vol. misnumbered. p. 135/136 at end of Vol II lacking (after end of text before contents - a blank?). some light wear to extremities, paper sl. blue toned to first half, some v. occasional browning.