MARMONTEL. The Moral Tales. London: 1780 - 3 volumes in-12, spotted Havana calf, triple gilded net framed on the plates, smooth back, inner gilded roller, gilded edges ( period binding ). Illustrated edition of a portrait of the author by Cochin engraved by Dupin fils, a title engraved repeated in each volume and 23 unsigned figures which are very pretty reductions of the Gravelot figures from the 1765 edition . Small handwritten note on page 147 of the third volume. Worm work on the back and lower hinge of the first dish of the first volume, small missing at the upper cap of the first two volumes, some scattered freckles and small ink spots . Cohen, 688.