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About this Item

Title

  • Fables choisies, mises en vers

Names

  • La Fontaine, Jean de, 1621-1695
  • Olivet, Pierre-Joseph Thoulier, 1682-1768
  • Fessard, Etienne, 1714-1777, engraver
  • Drouet (engraver), engraver
  • Le Prince, Jean-Baptiste, 1734-1781, illustrator
  • Loutherbourg, Philippe-Jacques de, 1740-1812, illustrator
  • Monnet, Charles, 1732-1816, illustrator
  • Beveridge, Catherine Eddy, 1881-1970, donor
  • Bement, Clarence S. (Clarence Sweet), 1843-1923, former owner
  • Pigou, Charles Edward, former owner
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • A Paris Chez l'Auteur [Fessard] ... 1765-1775.

Headings

  • -  Fables, French
  • -  Fables, Greek--Adaptations
  • -  France--Paris

Notes

  • -  Vols. 3-4: "le text [gravé] par le Sr. Drouet."
  • -  Engravings after drawings by Bardin, Bidault, Loutherbourg, Meyer, Monnet and others.
  • -  "La vie d'Esope": v. 1, p. xvi-xlix. "Eloge historique de M. de La Fontaine, par M. l'abbé d'Olivet": v. 1, p. li-lxviii.
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1660
  • -  LC copy: Provenance: Bookplates of C. E. Pigou and C. S. Bement.
  • -  LC copy: Bound in contemporary green morocco.
  • -  LAC ael 2019-11-05 update (1 card)
  • -  LAC ddw 2022-03-21 update (1 card)

Medium

  • 6 v. illus. 22 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • PQ1808 .A1 1765
  • PQ1808 .A1 1765 Copy 2 Gift Mrs. Albert J. Beveridge Oct. 19-53.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 48033242

Online Format

  • online text
  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

La Fontaine, Jean De, Pierre-Joseph Thoulier Olivet, Etienne Fessard, Engraver Drouet, Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, Philippe-Jacques De Loutherbourg, Charles Monnet, et al. Fables Choisies, Mises En Vers. [A Paris Chez l'Auteur Fessard ... to 1775, 1765] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/48033242/.

APA citation style:

La Fontaine, J. D., Olivet, P. T., Fessard, E., Drouet, E., Le Prince, J., Loutherbourg, P. D. [...] Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. (1765) Fables Choisies, Mises En Vers. [A Paris Chez l'Auteur Fessard ... to 1775] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/48033242/.

MLA citation style:

La Fontaine, Jean De, et al. Fables Choisies, Mises En Vers. [A Paris Chez l'Auteur Fessard ... to 1775, 1765] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/48033242/>.