Jean de la Fontaine — Fables de la Fontaine

Paris, Furne et Cie, 1858. Leather. An illustrated edition of the collected tables and fables of Jean de la Fontaine, a seventeenth-century French writer and poet. A lovely edition of the collection short stories, tales, and fables by Jean de La Fontaine, a seventeenth-century French fabulist and writer who is most well-known for his fables. Including all his most notable fables, such as 'The Fox and the Crow', 'The Wolf and the Lamb', 'The Tortoise and the Hare', and many more. In the original French. Containing an engraved frontispiece portrait, along with a further twelve plates. Collated and complete. Also containing an introduction by C.A. Sainte-Beuve. In half morocco binding, with marbled boards and refreshed endpapers. Externally, shelf wear to the boards and rubbing to the spine, joints, and extremities. Some scuffing to the front board. Internally, firmly bound. A few light instances of spotting and a few handling marks to the pages, not affecting readability. Good . Ill.: T. Johannot. Good .