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The Fables — La Fontaine’s collection, whose first six books appeared in 1668
One hundred and twenty-four verse fables, dedicated to Louis XIV’s six-year-old son, which the poet drew from Aesop and Phaedrus and enlarged until his death: five more books in 1678 and 1679, a last one in 1693. The success was immediate, and the genre was remade by it. (Editorial synthesis)
The Fables was published on 31 March 1668. (source: BnF)
The Fables was published in Paris. (source: BnF)
Recorded author of the Fables: La Fontaine.
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