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Title
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Les Fables de La Fontaine en Orients
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Description
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This is a hardbound book (hard cover)
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This book has a dustjacket (book cover)
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Illustrées par le fond Feuillet de Conches du musée de Château-Thierry
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Creator
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Le fond Feuillet de Conches du musée de Château-Thierry
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Contributor
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Various
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Date
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2025-05-20T17:10:12Z
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2023-11
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2021
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Date Available
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2025-05-20T17:10:12Z
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Date Issued
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2021
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Abstract
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In the 19th century, the French diplomat Felix Sebastien Feuillet de Conches created a wild project. He sent collections of La Fontaine's fables to his correspondents to have them illustrated by local artists. He received back typical paintings from Egypt, Persia, Abyssinia, China, India, and Japan. These created a treasure trove of illustrations, which have been kept at the Jean de La Fontaine museum in Château-Thierry and which had never been published or revealed to the general public. I had never known of these. Learning of them makes me think of getting back to Château-Thierry! Walking through this book is making one's way again through the fables of La Fontaine, but with delightful and delightfully varied illustrations. Each of the illustrations has an indication of its country and city of origin. CW is, I believe, the only fable to get three different illustrations (69). Many have two. The Abyssinian illustrations stand out as thoroughly different from the others. Among the best overall, I believe, are those for MSA (81); TT (271); and "The Old Man and Three Youths" (308-9). 383 pages. There are comments and a T of C at the end of the book. 6¼" x 9¼".
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Identifier
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13508 (Access ID)
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Language
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eng
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Publisher
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Orient editions
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Château-Thierry
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Subject
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Jean de La Fontaine