1775 Fables 1ed Jean de la Fontaine French Latin Aesop Jean-Baptiste Giraud 2v

1775 Fables 1^ed Jean de la Fontaine French Latin Aesop Jean-Baptiste Giraud 2v

“A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.” – Jean de la Fontaine, Fables.

An impressive collection of fables of Jean de la Fontaine! This 1775 two-volume edition was translated with commentary by Jean-Baptiste Giraud. This set includes the French text next to the Latin verses. The illustrated vignettes make this set a much-desired example of Fontaine’s ‘Fables’.

Item number: #27301

Price: $499

FONTAINE, Jean de la.

Fabulae selectae Fontanii ; è gallico in latinum sermonem conversae in usum studiosae Juventutis, authore J.B. Giraud …

Rothomagi [Rouen]: Apud Lud. Le Boucher, bibl. viâ Ganterie. Laurent Dumesnil, typ & bibliopolam., M. DCC. LXXV. [1775]. First Giraud edition.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • I – xxi, [3], 461, [1]
  • II – [4], 577, [5]
• Provenance: Handwritten – Wallart, 1779
• Language: French / Latin
• Binding: Leather; secure
• Size: ~8in X 5in (20cm x 13cm)

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