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Title
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Fables Choisies Mises en Vers par M. de La Fontaine, Tome II
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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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First and only edition
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Adapted and illustrated by Barbara McClintock
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Creator
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No Author
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Contributor
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Laprade, Pierre
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Date
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2016-01-25T19:12:55Z
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2002-09
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1931
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Date Available
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2016-01-25T19:12:55Z
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Date Issued
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1931
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Abstract
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Bodemann #425. Here is a real treasure! I think I did not realize what I was getting when I bid on this set of books. Each fable has a lovely colored woodcut about a third of a page in size. An early note indicates the woodcut plates were destroyed in the presence of witnesses after the printing of the book. This volume covers Books 5-8. There are again, as in Volume I (1930), three sets of art work here. Each fable gets a small illustration above its title, done by either Malassis or Money. Among the best of these are La Vieille et les deux Servantes (19), La jeune Veuve (111), and Le Mal Marié (129). The bear here seems to be looking at the companion in the tree in L'Ours et les deux Compagnons (53). Is Le Coche et la Mouche (151) monocolor in the midst of all these polychrome illustrations? I have seldom seen L'Horoscope (241) illustrated. As Bodemann notes, many of the illustrations move out slightly beyond their rectangular margins. There is also a clever little design between each illustration and its title. A third group of illustrations comprises the decorative compositions of Laprade placed at the beginning of each book. These are light and airy. There is a place-marking ribbon. By contrast with Volume I, this volume has no uncut pages. See 1930 and 1933, respectively, for Tome I and Tome III.
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Identifier
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4549 (Access ID)
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Language
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fre
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Publisher
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Louis Conard
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Paris
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Subject
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PQ1808.A1 1930c
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Jean de La Fontaine
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Title Page Scanned
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Type
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Book, Whole