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Title
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Fables de La Fontaine, Tome Premier
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Description
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Language note: French
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Avec un nouveau commentaire par Coste
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Creator
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La Fontaine, Jean de
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Contributor
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Coste
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Date
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2018-07-05T18:38:14Z
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2018-05
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1807?
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Date Available
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2018-07-05T18:38:14Z
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Date Issued
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1807
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Abstract
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We have only this first volume, as Bodemann had only the first volume. The seller hoped for a publishing date of 1743, but that date is taken from the "Avertissement." That is indeed when Coste published his first commentary on La Fontaine, and so the date is kept here. This is a fragile not-even-paperbound volume that offers triptychs of illustrations. Its title-page continues "Dédiées a la Jeunesse. Nouvelle Édition." I learned in researching this copy that the "Le Prieur" comes from the fact that a Belin married a Le Prieur and then styled himself with both of their family names. This is perhaps my twelfth Belin publication. The size of the illustrations does not allow much room for interpretation, but the artist exploits the possibilities that are there. And so we see the cheese in mid-flight to the mouth of the fox. And the ox looks curiously in the direction of the two frogs, one of whom is expanded beyond normal proportions. The sixth illustration gets it right: the lion is asking the other three animals how the stag should be divided. He knows how! This fragile book is another happy find!
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Identifier
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191.3
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11321 (Access ID)
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Language
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fre
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Publisher
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Belin-Le-Prieur
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Paris
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Subject
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Ornee des 216 Figures in taille-douce