LALANNE (François-Xavier) - LA FONTAINE (Jean de). Quelques fables de La Fontaine. Paris : Serendip, [2002]. - In-folio, 383 x 285: (47 ff. first 2 and last 2 blank), printed cover. Leaves, filled cover, publisher's folder and slipcase. Beautiful edition published and prefaced by Patrick Mauriès, illustrated with 19 original signed full-page etchings by sculptor and engraver François-Xavier LALANNE (1927-2008), and 5 culs-de-lampe. The collection contains 8 fables, each illustrated with 2 or 3 etchings: - La Besace: an etching and a cul-de-lampe. - La Chatte métamorphosée en Femme: 3 etchings and a cul-de-lampe. - La Femme noyée: 2 etchings and a cul-de-lampe. - Le Chameau et les Bâtons flottants (The Camel and the Floating Sticks): 3 etchings and a cul-de-lampe. - Fortune and the Young Child: 3 etchings. - The Mule boasting of his genealogy: 3 etchings. - The Old Man and the Three Young Men: 2 etchings and a cul-de-lampe. - L'Amour et la Folie: 2 etchings and a cul-de-lampe. Limited edition of 75 copies on Arches vellum, signed by the artist at the justification (no. 28). A perfectly preserved copy.