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Title
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La Fontaine's Fables: A Selection
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Description
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This is a hardbound book (hard cover)
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Original language: fre
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Translated from the Original into English Verse by Edward Shirley
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Creator
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La Fontaine, Jean de
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Date
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2016-01-25T19:06:53Z
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2013-07
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1905
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Date Available
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2016-01-25T19:06:53Z
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Date Issued
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1905
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Abstract
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Here is the third of three copies of this book that I am keeping in the collection. This copy has a pictorial cover, while the others have lime cloth (Ripping Yarns) and a gray cloth (Luce). Though all three show a date of 1905, I belive this might be the oldest. The spine is crudely taped, and the book is thoroughly worn. But it is a treasure! This wide book presents a classic La Fontaine from the early part of the century. Park's colored illustrations are large and lovely; the best are of FC and GA. The best of Bull's black-and-white illustrations are feet running from the disguised ass (56) and the frog's tombstone (62). The translator's best line is the frog's statement I'd give my life to be as huge and corpulent as that. Robin Greer now in December, '96, is selling a first edition (6 color plates, 16 color text illustrations and 60 other illustrations) for £175.
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Identifier
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9277 (Access ID)
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Language
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eng
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Publisher
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Thomas Nelson and Sons
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London
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Subject
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PZ8.2.S55L3 1905
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La Fontaine
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Type
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Book, Whole