1730 1st ed Fables of Jean de La Fontaine FRENCH Literature + Life of Aesop

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1730 1 st ed Fables of Jean de La Fontaine FRENCH Literature + Life of AesopJean de La Fontaine (1621 -1695) was the most famous French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century. He is known above all for his Fables, which provided a model for subsequent fabulists across Europe and numerous alternative versions in France, and in French regional languages.The Fables of Jean de La Fontaine were issued in several volumes from 1668 to 1694. They are classics of French literature.We find no other examples of this same printing for sale anywhereMain author : Jean de La FontaineTitle : Fables choisies mises en versPublished : A Amsterdam : Amsterdam : aux dépens de la Compagnie(IS), Compagnie des libraires 1730.Language : FrenchNotes & contents :· 1 st edition thusFREE SHIPPING WORLDWIDEWear : wear as seen in photosBinding : tight and secure leather bindingPages : complete with all 360 pages; plus indexes, prefaces, and suchPublisher : A Amsterdam : Amsterdam : aux dépens de la Compagnie(IS), Compagnie des libraires 1730.Size: ~6in X 3in (15cm x 7.5cm)FREE SHIPPING WORLDWIDEShipping:Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.Satisfaction Guarantee:Customer satisfaction is our first priority. Notify us within 7 days of receiving your item and we will offer a full refund guarantee without reservation.Jean de La Fontaine (IPA: [ʒɑ̃ də la fɔ̃tɛn]; 8 July 1621 - 13 April 1695) was the most famous French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century. He is known above all for his Fables, which provided a model for subsequent fabulists across Europe and numerous alternative versions in France, and in French regional languages.According to Flaubert, he was the only French poet to understand and master the texture of the French language before Victor Hugo. A set of postage stamps celebrating La Fontaine and the Fables was issued by France in 1995.Contents [hide]1 Life1.1 Early years1.2 Family life1.3 Paris1.4 Fame1.5 Academy1.6 Anecdotes2 Works3 Popular culture4 See also5 References6 Sources7 Further reading8 External linksLife[edit]Early years[edit]La Fontaine was born in Calan at Château-Thierry in France. His father was Charles de La Fontaine, maître des eaux et forêts -- a kind of deputy-ranger -- of the Duchy of Château-Thierry; his mother was Françoise Pidoux. Both sides of his family were of the highest provincial middle class; though they were not noble, his father was fairly wealthy.[1][2]Jean, the eldest child, was educated at the collège (grammar school) of Reims, and at the end of his school days he entered the Oratory in May 1641, and the seminary of Saint-Magloire in October of the same year; but a very short sojourn proved to him that he had mistaken his vocation. He then apparently studied law, and is said to have been admitted as avocat/lawyer.[1]Family life[edit]He was, however, settled in life, or at least might have been so, somewhat early. In 1647 his father resigned his rangership in his favor, and arranged a marriage for him with Marie Héricart, a girl of fourteen, who brought him 20,000 livres, and expectations. She seems to have been both beautiful and intelligent, but the two did not get along well together. There appears to be absolutely no ground for the vague scandal as to her conduct, which was, for the most part, raised long afterwards by gossip or personal enemies of La Fontaine. All that can be positively said against her is that she was a negligent housewife and an inveterate novel reader; La Fontaine himself was constantly away from home, was certainly not strict in point of conjugal fidelity, and was so bad a man of business that his affairs became involved in hopeless difficulty, and a separation de biens had to take place in 1658. Thi... read more

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