Jean De La Fontaine / Gustave Doré - Fables de La Fontaine - 1868

Rediscover the Fables of La Fontaine, the masterpiece of 17th-century French literature, in an exceptional edition illustrated by Gustave Doré, the genius of 19th-century drawing.

This work contains the twelve books of Fables, which feature animals and humans in stories full of wisdom, humor, and morality.

It is adorned with beautiful compositions by Gustave Doré, some reproduced full page, which bring the characters and landscapes to life with incomparable talent.

You will read the timeless stories of the Oak and the Reed, the Fox and the Grapes, the Frog that wants to grow as big as the Ox, and many more.

Jean De La Fontaine / Gustave Doré - La Fontaine's Fables - 1868 - L. Hachette et Cie
864 Pages.

Good condition of the binding, book in its full red percaline edition, signs of use, front hinge cracked but binding solid, wear on headbands and corners, gilded edges, smooth decorated spine, gilded titling, gilded title on the front cover, cold stamped fillets framing the covers.

Good interior condition, rare foxing, work enriched with beautiful engravings outside the text including a frontispiece, blue endpapers.

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