2 Volume 19th C Edition of Jean de La Fontaine's Contes et Nouvelles en Vers (A Londres; circa 1775-1785)
2 Volume 19th C Edition of Jean de La Fontaine's Contes et Nouvelles en Vers (A Londres; circa 1775-1785)
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Set of 2 Antique Mini Books
Contes et Nouvelles en Vers; Londres
2 Volume 18th C Edition of Jean de La Fontaine's Contes et Nouvelles en Vers - Printed A Londres - a typical false imprint used to disguise Parisian erotic or satirical publications
Authored by Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695)
Circa 1775-1785
Contemporary mottled calf, leather gilt tooled spines with green title labels and black volume shields, gilt fillet borders, red stained edges
Nearly all such 18th century "London" editions of La Fontaine's Contes were printed in Paris, Amsterdam, or The Hague where printers avoided French censorship
Engraved portrait frontispiece of La Fontinae (in oval medallion) and floral vignette on title page
Pre-Revolutionary libertine printing period
Transformed Boccaccio-style tales into French verse (celebrated verse tales), combining wit, eroticism, and moral satire; Rousseau and Voltaire both commented on their influence
Set of 2 Antique Mini Books
Contes et Nouvelles en Vers; Londres
2 Volume 18th C Edition of Jean de La Fontaine's Contes et Nouvelles en Vers - Printed A Londres - a typical false imprint used to disguise Parisian erotic or satirical publications
Authored by Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695)
Circa 1775-1785
Contemporary mottled calf, leather gilt tooled spines with green title labels and black volume shields, gilt fillet borders, red stained edges
Nearly all such 18th century "London" editions of La Fontaine's Contes were printed in Paris, Amsterdam, or The Hague where printers avoided French censorship
Engraved portrait frontispiece of La Fontinae (in oval medallion) and floral vignette on title page
Pre-Revolutionary libertine printing period
Transformed Boccaccio-style tales into French verse (celebrated verse tales), combining wit, eroticism, and moral satire; Rousseau and Voltaire both commented on their influence