Jean Pierre Claris de Florian — Fables de Florian

Paris, J. J. Dubochet , 1842. First edition. Leather. A French first edition copy of the fables of Florian. Jean Pierre Claris de Florian was a French poet, novelist and fabulist. This volume is a collection of his fables which have been illustrated by J.J. Granville. Some of the fables that appear in this volume include The Eagle and the Dove, Love and His Mother and The Old Tree and the Gardener. In the original French. With eighty plates. Collated, complete.With a bookplate to the front pastedown for Camberwell School. In full calf binding. Externally, very smart with marks to the boards and rubbing to the joints and spine. With a bookplate to the front pastedown for Camberwell School and a prize inscription to the reverse of the title page. Internally, firmly bound with bright and generally clean pages with spotting to the first and last few pages. Very Good . Ill.: J. J. Grandville. Very Good .