[FABLES] - MOTTE (M. De La) -Livre Rare Book
Fabeln und Erzahlungen. 2 parts in 1 with Lehrgedichte und Erzahlungen
17489336Leipzig: Johann Wendlern 1748. 2nd and 1st editions respectively. 8vo 3 works in 1 each with separate title: 34 138 4; 10 161 5; and 2 140 2pp. Copper engraved title page vignettes head and tailpieces. Contemporary parchment over boards plainly rebacked with a later strip of paper and hand-lettered label. Some toning to page block but quite clean internally. <br /> <br /> The second edition in two parts of this immensely popular book of folkloric fables from the "German Aesop" Christian Fürchtegott Gellert 1715-1769. Gellert was an educator and wrote several books of moral fables and poems for a young audience with clear language and simple form based on La Fontaine. He became quite popular in London travelling frequently to England.<br /> <br /> <br /> This sammelbande contains the second edition of both parts of his Fables and Tales first printed in 1746 and 48 along with the first edition of Didactic Poems and Tales from 1754. A tremendous set from the influential and popular writer who laid the groundwork for Goethe and others to move beyond Enlightenment norms. . Johann Wendlern unknown
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