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Title
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Fables de La Fontaine, Tome Deuxième
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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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Apparent first printing
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Accompagnée d'une notice historique et de notes par le bon Walckenaer
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Creator
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David, Jules
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Contributor
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David, Jules
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Date
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2016-01-25T20:00:16Z
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2010-12
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1839?
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Date Available
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2016-01-25T20:00:16Z
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Date Issued
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1839
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Abstract
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As I wrote for Volume I (1838?), this volume seemed at first a second copy of a book I found twelve years ago at Minster Gate and have listed under 1839 (Bodemann #287.3). After closer inspection, I believe that this may be Bodemann #287.1, the first printing. Apparently the first printing of the accompanying first volume was in 1838, since Bodemann gives 1838-39 for this two-volume set. What this and its companion Volume I lack are the added features of that third printing, especially the elaborate title-pages for each of the twelve books of fables and the full-page inserted illustrations, one for each book of fables. This volume has the stiff added title-page in full color. There is considerable foxing, but it seems to be heaviest around 140-43, which also show some pencil scribblings. This volume has the wonderful David illustrations, including a head-piece (about 3 by 2) for each fable and a smaller tail-piece for many. Among my favorite illustrations are both the head-piece and the tail-piece for Le Curé et le Mort (37); The Rat and the Elephant (100); and The Fox, the Wolf, and the Horse (323). The leather covering the spine has chipped at the top and is coming loose. Part of the confirmation that this may be a first printing is that it was printed at Imprimerie d'Everat et Comp.
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Identifier
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Bodemann identifier 287.1
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7032 (Access ID)
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Language
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fre
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Publisher
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Armand Aubrée, Éditeur
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Paris
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Subject
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PQ1808.A1 1838c
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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