Collection
Ésope en trois langues, ou concordance de ses fables avec celles de Phèdre,, Faerne, Desbillons, de Lafontaine, et autres célèbres Fabulistes françois, Paris, Leprieur, 1803.
This is one of the editions of eminent French humanist François Joseph Terras, also known as Desbillons (1711-1789). Desbillons was styled “La Fontaine latin” and “the last of the Romans”. His style is similar to that of Terence. His first works became very popular, and were repeatedly republished; for instance, Fabulae Aesopiae was first printed in Glasgow in 1754, in Paris the following, year, again in 1757 etc.
Format:
16,5 cm
Page description:
pp. xvi+368
Entity:
Renaissance – Humanism
Item Type:
Book
