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Title
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en_US
Choix de Fables
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Description
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Language note: French
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Jean de la Fontaine
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Creator
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La Fontaine, Jean de
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Date
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2022-11-07T16:11:43Z
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2021-05
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1990?
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Date Available
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2022-11-07T16:11:43Z
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Date Issued
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1990
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Abstract
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This is one of the most unusual objects in the book collection. I admit that I was not sure what "dessins originaux fait à la main, par la personne qui a relié le livre (travail artisinal)." Yes, it means that someone took the pains to cut out a fable text for 80 of La Fontaine's fables and draw a two-page ink drawing for that fable, and bind the whole into a well-made book, complete with a T of C. The T of C is not, however, in absolute order. One senses the challenge of the bookbinder's task in the whole project! Particular illustrations that I found unusually well done include SS (17); "The Cat and Two Sparrows" (13); "Acorn and Pumpkin" (33); DW (50); MSA (54); and FG (70). Only right-hand pages are paginated: there are thus really 160 pages here. What a treat!
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Identifier
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12583 (Access ID)
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Language
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fre
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Publisher
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Handmade
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Subject
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Jean de La Fontaine