[LITERATURE]

[LITERATURE] LA FONTAINE (Jean de): Tales and Short Stories in Verse. London, n.p., 1781. 2 vols., small 12mo; light porphyry calf binding, smooth spine with decoration, title label and volume number, triple gilt fillet framing the covers, filleted edges, interior roulette, gilt edges (contemporary binding). Small loss to the cap of vol. II. Portrait of La Fontaine on the frontispiece. Included: HELIODORE OF EMESIS The Love of Theagenes and Chariclea. An Ethiopian Tale in Geneva (Lyon), 1782, 2

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