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Maurice LeMainque Duochromes

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Title

Maurice LeMainque Duochromes

Description

1935? Five dust-jackets, each with a duochrome illustration of a La Fontaine fable by Maurice LeMainque (1893-1942). 7" x 9½" overall, with illustrations 6⅜" x 4⅝". Papeteries du Sentier. €5 each from kam-oulox through Ebay, Nov., '22.

LeMainque may be at his best here when he shows humans, as in 2P and MSA. As it happens, those two are different from the other three in having large interior flaps, which are used to present the fable text. The book-cover presenting "The Lion and the Hunter" seems to come from a different series. It contains an advertisement and frames its illustration. Each illustration has a specific model number:

"Lion and Hunter": 101

2P: 103

OF: 104

MSA: 111

"Gardener and Bear": 112.

Source

€5 each from kam-oulox through Ebay, Nov., '22.

Date

Collection

Carlson Fable Collection

Citation

“Maurice LeMainque Duochromes,” Creighton University Libraries: Archives & Special Collections, accessed January 12, 2025, https://creightonarchives.omeka.net/items/show/1069.

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