Lot n° 372
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60 - 80
EUR
DE LA FONTAINE Jean - Les oeuvres postumes de Monsieur de la - Lot 372
DE LA FONTAINE Jean - Les oeuvres postumes de Monsieur de la Fontaine - A Lyon, Chez Claude Bachelu, 1696 - 1 vol. in-12° (9,5x16,5cm) - full calf binding - 276 pp
(spine and headbands damaged, jaws split, corners dull, heavy spotting on boards - pagination error on original page 141, yellowed papers, some foxing inside)
Note: According to Le Petit, there were at least five editions published in 1696; one by Jean Pohier, two in Lyon by Tomas Amaulry and Cl. Bachelu, another by Simon Boé in Bordeaux and a counterfeit in Holland. The posthumous edition was compiled by Madame Ulrich, a close friend of La Fontaine, to whom we owe the introductory pieces. Several pieces appear here for the first time, including the tale Le Quiproquo and several letters.
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