GELLERT, Christian Furchtegott; GAY, John, (Trans by Claude-Francois-Felix Boulenger de Rivery)Biblio.com
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1754000354Paris: Duchesne 1754. First Edition. . Hardcover. See Description. First Edition. 12mo. pp. lxviii 129 15. Fleuron on title and three chapter head vignettes by Aliamet Pitre-Martenaise and Sornique after Eisen. Bound in period mottled calf boards re-backed with original gilt spine preserved; well rubbed but still attractive; morocco spine label is renewed; corner tips to boards are neatly repaired. Early ownership ticket on inside front cover "D.F. Lesne Maitre en Chirurgie rue S. Benoit." First French translations from the German of Christian Furchtegott Gellerts fables. Some of John Gays fables are also translated. The fables are preceded by Boulenger de Riverys essay "Discours sur la literature allemande" pp. lxvii which discusses the Fables of Gellert Gay and Fontaine. Cohen-De Ricci p. 182; Lewine p. 79; Cioranescu 13457; Barbier II p. 414. <br/> <br/> Duchesne hardcover
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
