Rare 1764 Abbé Aubert Fables Nouvelles - Paris French Contemporary Calf 2 Parts
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RARE 1764 ABBÉ AUBERT FABLES NOUVELLES - PARIS FRENCH CONTEMPORARY CALF 2 PARTS. ABBÉ AUBERT. Paris: Chez Duchesne, 1764. ABBÉ AUBERT FABLES NOUVELLES, DIVISÉES EN SIX LIVRES. Paris: Chez Duchesne, 1764. 12mo (approx. 4 × 6 inches ). 1764 EDITION , complete in TWO PARTS with separate title pages. Contemporary full mottled calf, gilt-decorated spine with morocco lettering piece, marbled endpapers. Woodcut ornaments and decorative head- and tailpieces throughout. Aubert's Fables Nouvelles was one of the most successful eighteenth-century French collections of moral and didactic verse, written in the tradition of La Fontaine while offering original fables and extensive explanatory notes intended for both education and polite reading. The work enjoyed numerous editions and was widely used in French schools and private libraries.
