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Title
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La Fontaine: 20 Fables
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Description
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Language note: French
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#103 of 299 (total 440)
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Jean de La Fontaine
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Creator
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Angiolini, Gérard
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Contributor
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Various
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Cocteau, Jean (Essayist)
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Date
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2016-01-25T19:59:37Z
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2008-06
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1961
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Date Available
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2016-01-25T19:59:37Z
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Date Issued
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1961
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Abstract
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Here is a treasure! I was able to get it only because there is one illustration missing from Brayer. As I recall, the book dealer was eager to be rid of the grief he had had with it. Let me include some of the bookseller's description and then mention some of my favorites. Twenty fables by Jean de la Fontaine illustrated with 20 in-texte half-page color lithographs + 20 full-page color lithographs by 20 modern artists, the latter each signed in the plate. Artists include: Yves Brayer; Bernard Buffet; Jean Carzou; Leonor Fini; Fontanarosa; Foujita; Edouard Georg; Picart-Le-Doux; Konstantin Terechkovitch; Vertes; Jacques Villon; and others. Jean Cocteau contributed an additional lithograph printed in sepia and several lithographed manuscript leaves. This copy contains an additional suite of the color lithographs: 20 hors-texte lithos printed recto (Yves Brayer plate lacking) + 10 hors-texte plates with 20 lithos printed back to back + one Cocteau litho. The total number of hors-texte lithos printed to one side is 41 (of 42), in addition to 20 smaller size lithos. Aside from the lithos, there are about 200 loose leaves with La Fontaine fables, all housed in publisher's leather covered solander box; overall size 17 x 13 x 3.5. Aside from lacking the Brayer litho, all contents are in fine condition, the box with some wear and rubbing. Some of my favorites include The Lion and the Mosquito by Caillard, The Pumpkin and the Acorn by Desnoyer, The Animals Sick from the Plague by Foujita, The Young Widow -- especially the contrast of the two illustrations -- by Goerg, and MSA by Planson. I plan to photograph if possible Cocteau's sketch of La Fontaine, Chapelain-Midy's SW, Fini's 2W, both illustrations for Oudot's OR, and Terechkovitch's The Old Woman and the Two Servant Girls. What a treasure!
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Identifier
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Bodemann identifier 489
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6880 (Access ID)
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Language
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fre
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Publisher
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Jaspard Polus & Cie.,
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Monaco
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Subject
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PQ1808.A1 1961c
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Jean de La Fontaine
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Type
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Book, Whole