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Title
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A Mes Enfants: Fables de La Fontaine, Suivies de Maximes et de Pensées
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Description
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This is a hardbound book (hard cover)
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Language note: French
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Th. Dubois
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Creator
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Dubois, Thomas
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Contributor
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Ménétrier, F.
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Date
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2018-03-05T17:13:57Z
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2017-08
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1900?
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Date Available
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2018-03-05T17:13:57Z
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Date Issued
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1900
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Abstract
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I am surprised that neither I nor Bodemann had heard of this edition. Some searching on the web found a copy with binding similar to ours selling for €120. Its description is helpful: "dans une elegante reliure d'epoque 1/2 chagrin noir, dos lisse orne d'un decor romantique dore, titre et tete dores, couverture illustree en couleurs et dos conserves. illustre d'un portrait de la fontaine en frontispice et 450 figures dans le texte." The special character of this edition lies in its six or so maxims and aphorisms added from various authors at the end of each fable and in its illustrations. The latter include a frame around each page, an introductory illustration for each fable and an endpiece for every fable. The smaller endpieces are sometimes more revealing and evocative than the introductory illustrations. Consider, for example, the collar at the end of DW (40) and the mace at the end of LS (42). Some introductory illustrations are more creative, like the anthropomorphized fox and crow (33). Ménétrier's fox in FG on 135 catches La Fontaine's sense of this fox perfectly. The bear looks down on his gardener friend on 333 with the huge rock in his paws. Still, most of the illustrations seem derivative to me. This heavy book prompted me to ask the bookshop to ship to me the haul of books I found in their store this time.
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Identifier
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11221 (Access ID)
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Language
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fre
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Publisher
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Librairie Gedalge
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Paris
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Subject
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Jean de La Fontaine
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Title Page Scanned
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Type
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Book, Whole