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Title
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Fables La Fontaine Illustré
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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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No Author
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Contributor
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Grandville, J.J.
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Quétel, Claude (Essayist)
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Date
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2016-01-22T21:18:47Z
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2015-05
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2012
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Date Available
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2016-01-22T21:18:47Z
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Date Issued
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2012
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Abstract
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This is a large-format book (10½ x 14½) presenting a lovely broad sweep of some forty-five fables and illustrations approaching 160 in all. Names of the artists used here are too many to fit into the database field for that item. In fact, the artists include twenty-seven: Boillat, Born, Bouchot, Boutet de Monvel, Doré, Fraipont, Gélibert, Grandville, Hémard, Jeanjean, Klein, Lorioux, de la Nézière, Noury, Oudry, Rabier, Raffin, Sabran, Simon, Vimar, and six others. Happily, I recognize the work of almost each of the candidates. The choice of illustrators to match with fables seems very good to me. There is such a wide range to choose from for each fable! The last pages offer, respectively, biographies of the above twenty-one major illustrators, a chronology of the illustrators and editions, and a list of the illustrations' creators. Less pretentious sources like the collectable paste-in stamps of Chocolates Menier are not neglected. Boutet de Monvel shows up cleverly many times in the side or bottom margins. The attribution of the work on 64 to Le Rallic helps me read a signature I have found difficult. Raoul Thomen seems new to me. Joanna Boillat in 2009 may be the most recent inclusion. As I suggest by my comments, this book will be a valuable part of the collection for its help in identifying artists otherwise known only by their signatures. This major work came at a very reasonable price. In fact, the postage for bringing the book here was four times as great as the price of the book! It sold originally for €35.
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Identifier
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10555 (Access ID)
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Publisher
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Editions Ouest-France
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Aix-en-Provence
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Subject
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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