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Title
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The Fables of Leonardo da Vinci
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Description
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Original language: ita
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#6 of 50
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By Edwin P. Barrow
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Creator
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Leonardo
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Contributor
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Torre, Vincent
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Date
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2016-01-25T19:02:47Z
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1998-12
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1953
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Date Available
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2016-01-25T19:02:47Z
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Date Issued
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1953
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Abstract
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Gradually I am finding the various fable works of Vincent Torre. This is another beautiful piece. The booklet includes fifteen fables and seventeen entries from Leonardo's Bestiary. The fables are strong on one-upping arguments. The usual question is: Who will laugh last? Among them is a favorite of mine from Leonardo, The Nut and the Campanile (18). Leonardo's fables are sometimes very sad, like The Willow & The Gourd (9). The willow's romance turns into her destruction. The Ant & The Grain of Millet (15) is much happier. The grain asks the ant to let it reproduce, offering a hundredfold. The ant takes the offer. The Beaver shows up in the Bestiary as Peace, and Leonardo tells the story often found among fables. The beaver bites off its testacles (sic) and leaves them for its enemies and so escapes. The mole is Lies, since it lives as long as it remains in the dark but dies as soon as it comes into the light. The first nine fables get a delightful woodcut each. There is also a repeated design cut in wood.
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Identifier
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4111 (Access ID)
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Language
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eng
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Publisher
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Vincent Torre at The Ink-Well Press
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Norfolk, VA
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Subject
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PQ4627.L38 F313 1953
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Leonardo da Vinci
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Title Page Scanned
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Type
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Book, Whole