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Title
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Fables de La Fontaine I
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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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Werner Thuswaldner
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Creator
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Delierre, Auguste
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Contributor
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Delierre, Auguste
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Date
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2016-01-25T16:15:26Z
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1996-04
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1883
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Date Available
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2016-01-25T16:15:26Z
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Date Issued
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1883
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Abstract
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Great binding and marbled endpapers. T of C for this volume at the end of this volume includes notation of illustrations. Quinnam (71) describes the work this way: An elegant, expensive edition printed on heavy paper and illustrated with delicately engraved pastoral scenes, not humorous or original, but very pleasant--the trees especially.... Classical borders surround the illustrations and many other ornaments adorn the book. Quinnam refers to original watercolor drawings added later (1889) to the title and half-title pages; they are missing. I agree that the grasses and trees are wonderfully portrayed. Among the best illustrations in this volume are III 1 (MSA), III 6 ( The Eagle, the Sow, and the Cat ), III 14 ( The Lion Become Old ), IV 2 ( The Shepherd and the Sea ), IV 11 (FM), and VI 13 ( The Villager and the Serpent ). There is some pencilling on the back of the frontispiece and on the title-page of Book V. The top of the spine is chipped. The illustration for II 11 (LM) is slightly out of place; it faces 73. A wonderful treasure!
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Identifier
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2398 (Access ID)
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Language
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fre
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Publisher
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A Quantin, Imprimeur-Éditeur
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Paris
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Subject
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PQ1808.A1 1883
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La Fontaine
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Type
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Book, Whole