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Title
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Fables: Jean de La Fontaine
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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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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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Various
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Date
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2016-01-25T20:35:24Z
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2012-08
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2008
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Date Available
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2016-01-25T20:35:24Z
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Date Issued
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2008
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Abstract
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This lovely volume is related to a smaller volume done by Chêne two years earlier. Both combine all of La Fontaine's texts with a wonderful variety of classic illustrations. That book was small in format -- about 4½ x 6¼ with 472 pages -- and this one is quite a bit larger, about 8½ x 11 with 262 pages. Though many of the same artists appear, this volume seems to have its own selection of their best work. The great artists and groups that do appear include these: Barboutau, Bofa, Bon Marché, Chagall, Christophe, de la Nézière, Doré, Épinal, Gellibert, Grandville, Jaba, Jankowski, Jeanjean, Lorioux, Loto des Fables, Moreau, Noble, Oudry, Pautoberge, Rackham, Rapeño, and Vimar. The most frequently used include Bon Marché, de la Nézière, Grandville, Rapeño, and Vimar. New to me and excellent are Christophe (e.g., 25, 26-27, 35, 111, 125) and Jeanjean (e.g., 58, 139). A first beautiful look is the title-page by Jeanjean in the midst of the preface. The larger format allows for excellent reproductions, often without borders and sometimes spread across two pages. Each book's title-page arrays illustrations across the top of two pages and begins texts immediately on the lower halves of the first two pages. The book is again very solidly put together and beautifully printed. And it was on sale! This book would be a great place to start for anyone interested in the history of illustration of La Fontaine.
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Identifier
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9782842775681
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8822 (Access ID)
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Language
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fre
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Publisher
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Éditions du Chêne: Hachette Livre
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Paris
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Subject
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PQ1808 .A1 2006
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Jean de La Fontaine
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Type
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Book, Whole