Fables choisies, mises en vers
By: par M. de la Fontaine
Publisher: Chez Claude Barbin, au Palais sur le Perron de la sainte Chapelle
Published: 1668
Place of publication: A Paris
Language: fre
Number of pages: 284
Work titles: Fables
Notes: First collected edition of La Fontaine's Fables.

Engraved arms of the Dauphin, the dedicatee, on title-page; woodcut headpieces, tailpieces, and initials.

Engravings set in text by François Chauveau.

"La vie d'Esope le phrygien": p. [xxii-xlix].

"Achevé d'imprimer pour la premier fois, le 31. Mars 1668."

Signatures: a⁴ e⁴ i⁴ o⁴ u⁴ aa⁴ ee⁴ A-Z⁴ Aa-Nn⁴ (Nn4 blank)

Also issued with the imprint of Denys Thierry, who joins in the privilege.

Letterpress text exists in two states. In the first on õ2v, line 5-6 mistakenly reads "donner le lustre" and line 18 "amplete." In the revised state they have been corrected to "donner lustre" and "emplete"

In many copies, some of the engravings are missing or misbound within the text.

Rochambeau, Mis de. Bibliographie des oeuvres de La Fontaine, no. 1.

Tchemerzine, v. 6, p. 381-382.

Brunet, v. 3, p. 750.