NEUFCHÂTEAU (François de) - Fables et contes en vers suivis - Lot 687

NEUFCHÂTEAU (François de) - Fables et contes en vers suivis des Poèmes de la Lupiade et de la Vulpéide dédiés à Ésope. Paris, Imprimerie de Didot Ainé, 1815; in-12, frontispiece, XVI-294 + 363 pp. bound in half-brown calf, smooth spines, yellow-painted edges. The 2 volumes. Ex-libris Comte de Della Motta. Writer, agronomist and politician François de Neufchâteau (1750-1828) started out as a child prodigy, and was admitted to numerous provincial academies at an early age. During the Revolution, he spent a few days as President of the Assemblée Nationale in 1792; as a member of the Neuf Soeurs Lodge, his zeal against the Church was evident. An administrator under the Directoire, he became a Comte d'Empire and President of the Société Centrale d'Agriculture. Consultant: Mr. Philippe HENRY