LA FONTAINE (Jean de). Fables choisies, mises en vers, par M. de La Fontaine. London, 1780 - 2 volumes in-24, 123 x 72 : frontispiece, (2 ff.), 264 pp. ; (2 ff.), 285 pp., (1 f. blank). Red morocco, triple gilt fillet on the boards, smooth spine decorated, gilt border inside, gilt edges (period binding). Fontaine, Cazin l'éponyme galvaudé, p. 200. Faux Cazin illustrated with a frontispiece engraved by Delvaux after a drawing by Clément-Pierre Marillier . Copy in contemporary red morocco, ENRICHED WITH THE ORIGINAL DRAWING BY MARILLIER, mounted on laid paper in the format of the book, framed with gilt and ink fillets and surmounting a cartouche bearing the artist's name in pen and ink. Dark mark on the binding of the second volume, two small worm holes at one hinge, corners slightly dulled. Staining on pages 25-26 of the second volume. Provenance: A. Magnier, with signature dated 1857 on the endpapers.