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Title
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The Fables of La Fontaine, Part I
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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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First edition
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Walter Thornbury
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Creator
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La Fontaine, Jean de
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Contributor
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Doré, Gustave
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Date
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2016-01-25T16:08:08Z
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1994-08
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1883?
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Date Available
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2016-01-25T16:08:08Z
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Date Issued
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1883
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Abstract
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A beautiful edition with a partially missing spine. I picked up this pair of volumes thinking that it was just another Cassell edition of the Thornbury translation. Then I noticed in Hobbs (100) that the first English edition, praised for its generous format even over the original French, was by Cassell, Petter, and Galpin. A library inquiry revealed that, at least in the University of Michigan's library catalogue, the publishing firm's last listing by this name is in 1883. Hobbs' listing of the presumably first English edition is in 1868. So this edition seems to fall in a fifteen year period between 1868 and 1883. The closest comparison in my collection is the 1875? Cassell edition, which includes Oudry illustrations. This edition has two colors on its title page, borders around pages of text and partial-page illustrations, and one signature whose paper is darker (49-112). It belonged to Captain T. Lockhart. Its T of C plates seem the same as those in the 1875? edition but give different page numbers, since the fully-illustrated pages here have blank backs but are counted fully. The title page and T of C here serve for both parts. This is a treasured find!
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Identifier
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1917 (Access ID)
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Language
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eng
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Publisher
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Cassell, Petter, and Galpin
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London
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Subject
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PQ1811.E3T6 1883
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La Fontaine
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Type
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Book, Whole