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Title
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Les Fables d'Esope Phrygien, Avec Celles de Philelphe: Traduction Nouvelle, Vol. 1
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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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Original language: und
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First edition
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Jean-Baptiste Morvan de Bellegarde
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Creator
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Aesop
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Date
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2016-01-25T20:10:19Z
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2011-09
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1708
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Date Available
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2016-01-25T20:10:19Z
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Date Issued
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1708
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Abstract
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Enrichie de Discours Moraux & Historique, & de Quatrains à la fin de chaque Discours. In fact, these moral discourses are a feature of this lovely little (4 x 6¼) book. The discourses can run to several pages of ruminations on the fables. Each of the seventy-eight fables in this first volume has an excellent copper etching. Bodemann #97.1 points out that these go back to Baudoin. I would have seen Barlow also in their background. With the extensive introductory material, particularly the Planudes life of Aesop in 29 chapters, fables do not begin until 94. Among the finest illustrations are The Ass and the Dog (134); The Old Dog and His Master (160); FS (175); The Ass and the Horse (204); The Stag and the Horse (236); The Fox and the Wolf (270); and BW (293). One can see the imprint the printer made in putting these pictures into the page. The engraver has the common problem with lions' faces, here particularly challenging on 244. There is a tear through 267. This is one of the stars of this collection. Now I need to find the second volume. The book is split through the spine at 96.
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Identifier
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Bodemann identifier #97.1
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7528 (Access ID)
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Language
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fre
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Publisher
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Chez Pierre Mortier
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Amsterdam
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Subject
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PA3855.F5 B45 1708
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Aesop
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Title Page Scanned
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Type
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Book, Whole