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Title
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Jean de la Fontaine: Fables
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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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#6323 of 8000
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La Fontaine
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Creator
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Gouget, Emile Joseph Alexandre
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Contributor
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Various
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Date
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2016-01-25T16:50:29Z
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2000-09
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1960
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Date Available
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2016-01-25T16:50:29Z
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Date Issued
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1960
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Abstract
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This is, as one might expect, a spectacular volume for two things. First is the excellent binding. The original red leather has golden lettering on its pliable spine. The second curious feature lies in the pasted-in black-and-white engravings. I find it surprising that the source(s) of these is not acknowledged. Are these copies of famous illustrations of the fables? The Ape and the Dolphin is from Gouget; it is reproduced in McKendry (67). Might some or all of the others be from the same edition? I find about thirty-two illustrations after the oval frontispiece of La Fontaine. Among the best are these: The Eagle and the Owl (158), The Young Widow (184), The Coach and the Fly (204), and The Acorn and the Pumpkin (272). The illustration for The Animal in the Moon (219) is loose. The T of C at the end lists only books except for the individual fables in the appendix, but there is an AI right after it. This edition is too late for Bassy and does not appear in Bodemann.
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Identifier
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3737 (Access ID)
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Language
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fre
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Publisher
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La Guilde du Livre
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Lausanne
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Subject
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PQ1808 .A1 1960
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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