M. De La Fontaine — Fables Choisies, Mises En Vers

Geneve, Cazin, 1777. Leather. A two volume set of the fables of French poet and fabulist Jean de La Fontaine, in the original French. French. Complete in two volumes. With a frontispiece to volume one. A collection of the fables of Jean de La Fontaine, a French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the seventeenth century. His works provided a model for subsequent fabulists across Europe. Fontaine collected fables from a wide variety of sources, both Western and Eastern, and adapted them into French free verse. Humorous, nuanced and ironical, they were originally aimed at adults but were soon introduced into the educational system and are now considered classics of French literature. In the original full calf binding. Externally, sound with light rubbing and minor loss to the extremities. Minor fading with the odd small mark to the boards. Cracks to the joints of volume one with a small crack to the rear joint of volume two. Front hinge of volume one is held by cords only. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Light age toning to the endpapers with contemporary ink inscriptions to the half title and title pages. Good . Ill.: None. Good .