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Title
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Jean de La Fontaine: Fables, Tome II
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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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#1124 of 1238
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Édition conforme aux textes originaux établie par Louis Perceau
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Creator
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Hémard, Joseph
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Contributor
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Hémard, Joseph
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Date
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2016-01-25T20:00:08Z
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2010-08
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1930
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Date Available
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2016-01-25T20:00:08Z
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Date Issued
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1930
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Abstract
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Previously I had found Hémard's other work represented in Bodemann, his 1937 Quarante-Cinq Fables de La Fontaine published by Les Laboratoires Bouillet, Roger Dacosta, Éditeur. I have the sense of having seen his work elsewhere too. These two volumes were a lucky find on eBay. The 242 fables are ordered according to their date of appearance. The substance of this volume is apparently the Livre Second of 1678. The frontispiece is a strong rendition of The Shoemaker and the Financier, echoed in the design of moneybag and musical notes on 5. The design for Two Rats, a Fox, and an Egg on 80 is likewise charming. I do not think I have ever before seen this fable presented in human form. Again in this volume, Hémard's colors are glorious. A fine example is La Perdrix et les Coqs on 94. The Two Goats on 159 features two women, both laden with huge baskets; they present a fine standoff! One of the appendices on 219 presents variations in the fables' texts. The design for this appendix has a human -- La Fontaine? -- transforming into a bird in five stages. Delightful! Another funny design graces the Table Alphabétique on 237. Here two human figures hold several letters of the alphabet each, while other letters are strewn about at their feet. The same Acorn and Pumpkin illustration here graces 261 that graces 271 in the first volume.
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Identifier
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Bodemann identifier #424.1
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6978 (Access ID)
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Language
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fre
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Publisher
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Le Livre du Bibliophile: Geroges Briffaut, Éditeur
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Paris
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Subject
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PQ1808.A1 1930g
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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