Jean de La Fontaine; Walter Thornbury [translator] — Fables of la Fontaine

London, Bibliophile Books, 1988. Hardback. A very smart copy of this translation of the fables of Jean de La Fontaine, with hundreds of illustrations. With three hundred and twenty illustrations. The fables of Jean de La Fontaine, a French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the seventeenth century. His fables have provided a model for subsequent fabulists across Europe and beyond. This collection includes titles such as: the Lion and the Rat, the Weasel in the Granary, the Miser who Lost his Treasure, the Horse and the Wolf, the Hen with the Golden Eggs, and many others. Translated by Walter Thornbury, an English journalist, biographer, historian, and translator. Illustrated by Gustave Dore, a French printmaker, illustrator, painter, comics artist, caricaturist, and sculptor best known for his prolific output of wood-engravings illustrating classic literature. In the original cream paper covered boards. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrapper is very smart with light shelf wear only. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine . Ill.: Gustave Dore. Fine/Near Fine.