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The Fables of Jean de la Fontaine
(Dawson's Bookshop, 1759)
An impressive pair of pages with the fable of l' Hymenee et l' Amour. Beautifully boxed and presented. Unfortunately, the Oudry illustration is lacking. Brewer's monograph seems sensible and direct.
Fabulae Selectae Fontanii e Gallico in Latinum Sermonem Conversae
(Laurent DumesnilLud. Le Boucher et Laurent. Duesnil, 1775)
See my overall comments on the first volume. From the last six books of La Fontaine, these fables are left out: the daughter who rejects suitors and finally desperately accepts a lout (VII 5); Thyrsis who tries to profess ...
Fabulae Selectae Fontanii e Gallico in Latinum Sermonem Conversae
(Lud. Le Boucher et Laurent. Duesnil, 1775)
What a kick! This book contains virtually all of La Fontaine's fables done into Latin for schoolboys by a priest of the Oratory. I have tried a few of the fables, and the Latin is good! Since the text is bilingual, one ...
Fables Choisies, mises en vers par M de la Fontaine
(Chez Veuve Douladoure, 1793)
A lovely old book, rebound, with one small rural scene on 1 and notes at the bottom of almost every page. The pages are rough at their edges and non-uniform in size. I think the salesperson was just telling me that they ...
Recueil de Fables Choisies Dans le Goût de M. De la Fontaine
(Chez PH.N. Lottin & J.H. Butard, 1749)
The title continues Sur de petits airs & Vaudevilles connus notés à la fin pour en faciliter le chant. Not in Bodemann. Six books of fables on 322 small (2½ x 5) pages. Notice that both the texts and the organization ...
Fables de la Fontaine, Tome Premier
(P. Didot L'aînéP. Didot l'ainé, 1798)
The first of two volumes; the second volume is missing. This is a small book (4 x 5¾) done in An VII, i.e., the seventh year after the revolution. It contains the first six books of La Fontaine's fables on 136 pages. ...
Fables de la Fontaine
(Delance, 1796)
Fourth volume of a four-volume set. Contemporary calf, somewhat rubbed. Marbled endpapers. A rather standard presentation of the last six books of La Fontaine's fables, followed by notes on the fables (295-358). Not ...
Fables de la Fontaine
(Delance, 1796)
Third volume of a four-volume set. Contemporary calf, somewhat rubbed. Marbled endpapers. Significant spine and front cover wear. A rather standard presentation of the first six books of La Fontaine's fables. Then a ...
Fables Choisies, mises en vers par M de la Fontaine
(Aux dépens des Libraires associés, 1790)
This long-lived little volume comes as a gift from old collector friends. It includes the first seven books of La Fontaine's fables in addition to the usual introductory material. It is very close, for these seven books, ...
Aesop Dress'd or a Collection of Fables Writ in Familiar Verse
(Original: London: Lock's-Head. Reprint: Los Angeles: The Augustan Reprint Society Publication Number 120: William Andrews Clark Memorial Library., 1704)
Here is the first of two extra copies. Thirty-eight fables, almost all from LaFontaine, done in couplets apparently based on the rhythms of Samuel Butler. They move along swiftly enough. LaFontaine is clearly behind ...