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Title
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en_US
Fables de La Fontaine
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Description
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This is a hardbound book (hard cover)
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Jean de La Fontaine
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Creator
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de La Fontaine, Jean
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Contributor
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Matéja
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Date
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2016-01-25T15:37:34Z
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2013-11
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1955
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Date Available
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2016-01-25T15:37:34Z
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Date Issued
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1955
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Abstract
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Here is the original version of a book whose 1975 printing we already have. The book is thinner, due especially to the thin material used for the covers. Differences between the two printings come clear in the bibliographic data in the lower right corner of the last page. They do not touch the texts or illustrations. As I wrote there, this is the work of a very lively children's artist! The title-page's picture is a nice illustration of a rat in tails reading a La Fontaine book under a tree with a snail looking on. The rat's cane and top-hat lie nearby. Twenty-one fables get one or two-pages each, each with at least one highly colorful illustration. Among the best illustrations are FC, LS, FS, UP, and GA. The tortoise in TH is a fully clad society lady, with full skirt, cape, and bonnet. "Le Cheval et l'Ane" has a good pose for both its main characters. Cat, rabbit, and weasel are on the front cover, and a couple of society mice with a servant-mouse holding a parasol on the back cover. Are we to presume that these latter characters come from the Town Rat's world? The endpapers feature a lovely dance of characters from the fables. This book has seen considerable wear.
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Identifier
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10048 (Access ID)
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Language
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fre
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Publisher
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Éditions Garnier Frères
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Paris
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Subject
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PZ24.2.L3 Fab 1955g
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Jean de La Fontaine
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Type
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Book, Whole