KRYLOV (Ivan Andreevič) Fables russes tirées du recueil de M. Kriloff, et imitées en vers français et italiens par divers auteurs ; précédées d'une introduction française de M. Lémontey, et d'une préface italienne de M. Salfi Paris : Bossange, Bossange frères, 1825. -2 volumes in-8, long-grained half-maroquin, smooth spine, yellow edges (period binding). Original edition published by the Russian litterateur Grigorij Vladimirovič Orlov (1777-1826), of the fables by the Russian writer and fabulist Ivan Andreevič Krylov (1769-1844). Each fable is offered in its Russian version, followed by its translation into French and Italian. The edition is illustrated with a portrait of Krylov engraved by Cain, and 5 out-of-text engravings by Beyer and one after Isabey. A very fine copy in contemporary half morocco. The interior is in very good condition, with two covers missing.