Jean de la Fontaine; M. De Levizac; M. Gros — Fables de la Fontaine

Londres , De L'Imprimerie de R. Juigne, 1809 . Leather. A charming, early nineteenth-century French edition of Jean de la Fontaine's fables, with notes and edits from M. de Levizac and M. Gros. Bound in full calf. Written in the original French. The second edition to have notes and corrections from M. Gors, with notes on Fontaine's life and of Aesop and Phedre from M. De Levizac. 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. Bound in full calf. Externally, very good, with rubbing to the joints and the extremities. Endpapers and blanks renewed. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean throughout. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .