Author: Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian
Title: Fables de Florian
Description: Paris , J. J. Dubochet , 1842. Leather. A half leather bound copy of this whimsically illustrated collection of French fables. A wonderfully illustrated edition of this collection of fables from French poet, novelist and fabulist, Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian. In half calf binding with marbled paper covered boards. In the original French. From these fables several expressions have passed into colloquial French, such as Pour vivre heureux, vivons caches: "In order to live happily, live hidden".Florian was largely known as the author of other pretty fables well suited for young readers, however he also received praise for his poetical and pastoral novels.With eighty captivating plates and numerous vignettes throughout, from prolific French illustrator an caricaturist Jean Igance Isidore Gerard, who published under the pseudonym of Grandville. Collated complete. In half calf binding with marbled paper covered boards. Externally, sound. Significant rubbing to the extremities, with slight bumping to the board corners. Front hinge is strained, but holding. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright, with occasional spotting throughout, heaviest to the endpapers. Good . Ill.: J. J. Grandville. Good .
Keywords: Fables French Literature Illustrated French Literature J. J. Grandville
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Title: Fables de Florian
Description: Paris , J. J. Dubochet , 1842. Leather. A half leather bound copy of this whimsically illustrated collection of French fables. A wonderfully illustrated edition of this collection of fables from French poet, novelist and fabulist, Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian. In half calf binding with marbled paper covered boards. In the original French. From these fables several expressions have passed into colloquial French, such as Pour vivre heureux, vivons caches: "In order to live happily, live hidden".Florian was largely known as the author of other pretty fables well suited for young readers, however he also received praise for his poetical and pastoral novels.With eighty captivating plates and numerous vignettes throughout, from prolific French illustrator an caricaturist Jean Igance Isidore Gerard, who published under the pseudonym of Grandville. Collated complete. In half calf binding with marbled paper covered boards. Externally, sound. Significant rubbing to the extremities, with slight bumping to the board corners. Front hinge is strained, but holding. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright, with occasional spotting throughout, heaviest to the endpapers. Good . Ill.: J. J. Grandville. Good .
Keywords: Fables French Literature Illustrated French Literature J. J. Grandville
Price: GBP 95.00 = appr. US$ 135.66 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 912Y37
- Book number: 912Y37
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