Folio size (275x190 mm); 33 pages, (2), with 10 blank pages; 6 beautiful etchings, unsigned. Half-parchment binding with the title embossed in gold on the spine, covers and slipcase in green cardboard. The volume, with text in French, hand-printed on Fabriano paper, contains the fables *La Morte et le Malheureux* with an engraving by A. Ziveri, *Testament expliqué par Esope* with an engraving by A. Ciarrocchi, *La Vieille et les deux Servantes* with an engraving by A. Manfredi, *Le Vieillard et l’Ane* with an engraving by C. Mattioli, *Les deux Pigeons* with an engraving by M. Maccari, and *La Tortue et les deux Canards* with an engraving by D. Rossoni. The volume was printed for the Prandi antiquarian bookstore in a run of 105 copies, of which this one is No. XVIII and therefore belongs to a special edition. In fact, as stated in the colophon, 75 copies are numbered 1–75, 25 copies are numbered I–XXV, and 5 copies marked A–E are intended for legal deposit. An excellent copy, with head and foot margins intact.