LA FONTAINE (Jean de). SELECTED FABLES, set in verse. Paris, Desaint et Saillant, 1755-1759. 4 volumes in speckled calf folio, spine ribbed and gilt edges (contemporary binding). Famous edition often imitated, it is a masterpiece of French engraving. The illustration includes a frontispiece by Oudry engraved by Cochin, and 275 FULL PAGE ENGRAVED FLOORS BY OUDRY. Copy of the second print, the portrait of Oudry is missing. Very tired bindings, open hinges, large wet spots on the whole, galleries in the margins.