LA FONTAINE (Jean de). Plays. The Hague : Adrian Moetjens, 1702. - In-12, brown calf, spine ornamented, marbled edges (period binding). Rare collective edition, dedicated to the baroness of Lillieroot, containing five plays: "Pénélope" by Abbé Genest, "Le Florentin" by La Fontaine, "Ragotin ou le roman comique" by La Fontaine, "Je vous prens sans verd" by La Fontaine and "Le Duc de Montmouth" by M. de Vaernewyck. Although continuously paginated, each piece, with the exception of the first, is introduced by a proper title dated 1701. "RAGOTIN" IS IN THE FIRST EDITION. A copy in contemporary binding, complete with the two catalog leaves at the end. It comes from the collection of the banker and bibliophile Baron Horace de Landau (1824-1903). Binding skilfully restored. Missing the first endpapers. Provenance: Horace de Landau, with bookplate.