La Fontaine FABLES DE LA FONTAINE 2/2 First Stereotype Ed 1799 Firmin Didot
Item History & Price
LaFontaine, Jean, FABLESDE LA FONTAINEFirmin Didot, Paris, An VII [1799] i-cxii, 1-136pp; 1-256pp. Tome 1:Avis au lecteur v-viii; Notice sur la vie de La Fontaine ix-lvi;Dedication lvii-lx; Préface de La Fontaine lxi-lxxii; La Vie D'Ésopelxxiii-xcix; Table Alphabetique des Fables c-cxii; Livres I - VI.Tome 2: Livres VII - XII; Poemes, p. 198-256 First Stereotype editionin two volumes. Classic French literature. Jean De La Fontaine collected fables and tales from around the known... world, and rendered them into freeform French verse, written from 1668 to 1694. FirminDidotpioneered Stereotype printing from 1795, and published severaleditions of French, English and Italian classics at very low price.Corners lightly worn, dent on front cover, slight loss on top ofspine vol 2 light wear some spots of light discoloration in pages, but a nice example of Printing History at the end of the 18th century and the beginning of modern book printing technique.Shipping by Canada Post to most locations.
