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Title
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Messire le Lion
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Fables de La Fontaine a Colorier
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Var 3
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Description
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Language note: French
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Textes établis par Robert E. Llewellyn
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Creator
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de La Fontaine, Jean
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Contributor
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Simard, Jean
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Date
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2016-01-25T19:53:35Z
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2007-02
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1943
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Date Available
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2016-01-25T19:53:35Z
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Date Issued
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1943
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Abstract
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Here is one of a set of six coloring books from during the Second World War which I have been lucky enough to find. The book is in large format (slightly larger than 8 x 11¼) and contains three fables on 32 pages. Each fable takes nine or ten pages to tell the story in one-page segments, with a few lines of prose complementing a large black-and-white cartoon. Each fable then adds one page for La Fontaine's original verse text. Messire, I just learned, is archaic for My Lord. The first story is Le Lion s'en Allant en Guerre. The best visual presentation here, I would say, is the fox dressing up in a sheepskin. It is a surprise to me that the rabbits are couriers here by riding horses. Are they not fast enough on their own? The second story is Le Lion et l'Âne Chassant. I think that there is still some of this fable's meaning that escapes me. The final story here is Le Lion Devenu Vieux.
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Identifier
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6233 (Access ID)
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Language
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fre
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Publisher
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Les Éditions Variétés
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Montréal
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Subject
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PZ24.2.L595 Mes 1943
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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