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The Farmer. Fables and Tales, dedicated to His Imperial Highness the Grand Duke of all the Russias, &c. &c. Paris, Lacombe, 1775. One volume, small in-8°, full basane, smooth spine decorated. Binding of the time. In frontispiece, portrait of the Grand Duke Paul Petrovitch: painted by Voille, engraved by Le Beau engraver of H.S.H. Mgr the Duke of Chartres. Author: François Armand (Franz Hermann) La Fermière, born in Strasbourg in 1737 and graduated in law, became secretary of the imperial chancellor of Russia, Count Michel Voronzov. Lafermière passed to the service of the Grand Duke Paul (1754-1801), future emperor of Russia (1796-1801). He was his tutor in French literature, and was a librarian at the court of the Grand Duke. Lafermière wrote two plays for the court theater: The Falcon and Don Carlos. In 1775, he dedicated his Fables et contes, published in Paris, to the Grand Duke Paul. Very beautiful engraved portrait, after a painting by Jean-Louis Voille. "This collection of Fables is absolutely charming. Well turned, short and expressive, they should hold a good reputation in the history of French letters" ( H. von Kraloff )Ла Фермьер. Басни и сказки, посвященные Его Императорскому Высочеству Великому Князю Всея Руси &c. &c. Париж, Lacombe, 1775. Том in-8° малого формата, в базановом переплете, корешок с золотым тиснением. Переплет XVIII в. На фронтисписе портрет Великого Князя Павла Петровича: Петровича: Петровал Лё Бо, гравер герцога Шартрского, с живописного оригинала Г.-Л. Вуаля. Автор басен Франсуа Арманд (Франц Герман) Лафермьер (1737-1796), закончил Страсбургский университет, был секретарем русского посла в Лондоне графа Михаила Воронцова, с 1765 г.- в России. Занимал должность учителя французского языка, библиотекаря и чтеца при дворе наследника престола Великого Князя Павла Петровича, прослужил при "малом дворе" 28 лет. Написал либретто опер Бортнянского "Сокол" и "Дон Карлос" для придворного театра.

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The Farmer. Fables and Tales, dedicated to His Imperial Highness the Grand Duke of all the Russias, &c. &c. Paris, Lacombe, 1775. One volume, small in-8°, full basane, smooth spine decorated. Binding of the time. In frontispiece, portrait of the Grand Duke Paul Petrovitch: painted by Voille, engraved by Le Beau engraver of H.S.H. Mgr the Duke of Chartres. Author: François Armand (Franz Hermann) La Fermière, born in Strasbourg in 1737 and graduated in law, became secretary of the imperial chancellor of Russia, Count Michel Voronzov. Lafermière passed to the service of the Grand Duke Paul (1754-1801), future emperor of Russia (1796-1801). He was his tutor in French literature, and was a librarian at the court of the Grand Duke. Lafermière wrote two plays for the court theater: The Falcon and Don Carlos. In 1775, he dedicated his Fables et contes, published in Paris, to the Grand Duke Paul. Very beautiful engraved portrait, after a painting by Jean-Louis Voille. "This collection of Fables is absolutely charming. Well turned, short and expressive, they should hold a good reputation in the history of French letters" ( H. von Kraloff )Ла Фермьер. Басни и сказки, посвященные Его Императорскому Высочеству Великому Князю Всея Руси &c. &c. Париж, Lacombe, 1775. Том in-8° малого формата, в базановом переплете, корешок с золотым тиснением. Переплет XVIII в. На фронтисписе портрет Великого Князя Павла Петровича: Петровича: Петровал Лё Бо, гравер герцога Шартрского, с живописного оригинала Г.-Л. Вуаля. Автор басен Франсуа Арманд (Франц Герман) Лафермьер (1737-1796), закончил Страсбургский университет, был секретарем русского посла в Лондоне графа Михаила Воронцова, с 1765 г.- в России. Занимал должность учителя французского языка, библиотекаря и чтеца при дворе наследника престола Великого Князя Павла Петровича, прослужил при "малом дворе" 28 лет. Написал либретто опер Бортнянского "Сокол" и "Дон Карлос" для придворного театра.

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