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Title
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20 Fables de La Fontaine
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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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#493 of 960 on vellum (after 40 on other paper)
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Jean de La Fontaine
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Creator
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de La Fontaine, Jean
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Contributor
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Sennep, Jean
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Date
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2016-01-25T19:58:49Z
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2009-07
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1927
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Date Available
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2016-01-25T19:58:49Z
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Date Issued
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1927
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Abstract
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Here is a serious addition to the collection. In each of the twenty instances, La Fontaine's text is matched with a contemporary full-page colored political cartoon by Jehan Sennep. These full-page cartoons are exquisitely colored and printed. There is no printing on their obverse. Among my nominees for the best of the multi-colored illustrations are FC (the German helmet is a great clue!); Le Renard et le Bouc; L'Ane Portant des Reliques; MM; Le Lion Devenu Vieux; GGE; TB; Le Coche et la Mouche; 2P (featuring an American safe!); Le Loup Devenu Berger; and TT. One can see, I am impressed by the whole book! Though pages are not numbered, the fables are introduced with a numbered title-page for each. The closing Table des Fables fortunately identifies the specific figures pictured in each cartoon. I do not know French history of the twenties well enough to identify the individuals involved, but I can certainly understand le Boche in FC! Clemenceau appears in Le Lion Devenu Vieux. After each text, there is also a tail-piece, often showing the outcome of the fable. The design showing Herriot exploding at the end of OF is delightful! Not in Bodemann.
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Identifier
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6718 (Access ID)
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Language
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fre
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Publisher
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Librairie de France
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Paris
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Subject
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NC1499.S37 V5 1927
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Jean de La Fontaine
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Type
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Book, Whole