Fables.. Selections
Jean La Fontaine (1621-1695)
Category
Books
Date
1708
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Dyrham, Gloucestershire
NT 3185076
Summary
Bibliographic description
[8], 379, [9] p. :. ill. ;. 12mo. Acquired by the National Trust with other former Dyrham books in April 2022. Provenance: manuscript former shelfmark on front pastedown: "D no-22"; manuscript ownership inscription on front flyleaf in brown ink: "Christian Bedford December the 3rd 1713"; other manuscript ink marks, some struck through, including "le grenouille [?]" ["the frog"]. Binding: eighteenth-century full sprinkled brown leather over boards; sewn on five raised bands; gold-tooled spine; spine label missing; red sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
Jean La Fontaine (1621-1695)