LA FONTAINE (Jean de). Fables, with figures engraved by Messrs Simon and Coiny. Paris, Bossange, Masson & Besson, an IV - 1796. 6 volumes in-16, long-grained red morocco, gilt lace and filets border, smooth spines decorated with small filigree irons and special fleurons of monkey and dove, interior roulette, gilt edges (Period binding). Second edition of the attractive illustration produced for the 1787 Dauphin edition. It includes a frontispiece and 275 figures drawn by Vivier and engraved by Simon and Coiny. A nicely bound copy in the Bozérian style. Minor marks of wear and rubbing, one headpiece restored, some minor foxing. Cohen, 554 - Rochambeau, n°146.