TALES AND STORIES IN VERSE
1879
TALES AND STORIES IN VERSE DE LA FONTAINE (Jean) Rouen, J. Lemonnyer, 1879. Two volumes Duodecimo (12mo), of IV ff + 268 pp. (volume I) and Duodecimo (12mo) of V ff +309 pp (volume II) Half-morocco with corners binding, spine with 5 raised bands, year, author and title gilt. Complete volumes. Usual rubbing to headcaps and corners. Overall good condition, fresh interior. Illustrated edition of the Tales and Stories in Verse. Each volume is adorned with an engraved portrait of Jean de La Fontaine as a frontispiece and the text is accompanied by vignettes engraved by DUPLESSIS-BERTAUX (Jean). Jean de la Fontaine (1621-1695), was a man of letters of the Grand Siècle and one of the main representatives of French classicism. Besides his Fables and libertine Tales, which established his fame from the 1660s, he is credited with various poems, plays, and opera librettos that confirm his ambition as a moralist
TALES AND STORIES IN VERSE DE LA FONTAINE (Jean) Rouen, J. Lemonnyer, 1879. Two volumes Duodecimo (12mo), of IV ff + 268 pp. (volume I) and Duodecimo (12mo) of V ff +309 pp (volume II) Half-morocco with corners, spine with 5 raised bands, year, author and title gilt. Complete volumes. Usual rubbing to headcaps and corners. Overall good condition, fresh interior. Illustrated edition of the Tales and Stories in Verse. Each volume is adorned with an engraved portrait of Jean de La Fontaine as a frontispiece and the text is accompanied by vignettes engraved by DUPLESSIS-BERTAUX (Jean). Jean de la Fontaine (1621-1695), was a man of letters of the Grand Siècle and one of the main representatives of French classicism. Besides his Fables and libertine Tales, which established his fame from the 1660s, he is credited with various poems, plays, and opera librettos that confirm his ambition as a moralist
