Fables de la Fontaine Paris Ernest Flammarion, Editeur Tous doits reserve undated (inscription on ffep dated Oct, 1913) Hard cover (12 x 18.5 cm), quarter brown leather bound with marbled boards, gilt lettering and raised bands on spine, top edge brown, marbled endpapers A near very good copy (corners rubbed, some browning of leaves, especially near edges, small inscription on ffep) V + 384 pp + Table

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Jean de La Fontaine (1621 – 1695) was a 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, as well as in French regional languages. After a long period of royal suspicion, he was admitted to the French Academy and his reputation in France has never faded since. Evidence of this is found in the many pictures and statues of the writer, later depictions on medals, coins and postage stamps. (Wikipedia)

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