Jean de la Fontaine — Oeuvres Completes de la Fontaine

Paris, Garnier Freres, 1877. Leather. An illustrated collection of the works of la Fontaine, in the original French. In the original French.A collection of the poems and fables of Jean de la Fontaine.Jean de La Fontaine was the most famous French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century. He is known above all for his Fables, which provided a model for subsequent fabulists across Europe and numerous alternative versions in France, and in French regional languages. According to Flaubert, he was the only French poet to understand and master the texture of the French language before Hugo.Illustrated throughout with numerous tissue-guarded engraved plates. In a quarter calf binding with marbled paper to the boards. Externally, smart, with some light marks to the boards and spine. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with some spots. Very Good . Ill.: Various. Very Good .