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Title
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Fables Choisies, Mises en Vers par J. de la Fontaine, Tome Troisieme
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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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First edition
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Ramon Nepomuceno Orbeta
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Creator
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Aubert, M.
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Contributor
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Oudry, Jean Baptiste
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Date
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2016-01-25T19:27:28Z
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2002-10
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1756
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Date Available
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2016-01-25T19:27:28Z
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Date Issued
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1756
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Abstract
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Bodemann #135.1. What a spectacular book! I had not dared to dream that I could find a copy for the collection. Dailey quotes Ray: one of the most ambitious and successful of all illustrated books. The magnificent Oudry engravings are complemented by Bachelier's woodcut fleurons following each fable. The 275 full-page engravings in the four books are numbered consecutively in Roman numerals through the four volumes following their fables (some with more than one illustration). This numbering of fables runs from I through CCXLIV. Hobbs #20. Fabula Docet #51, which urges viewers to take note of the illustrations for fables I (GA) and CLXXI here (Les Deux Pigeons). My favorites on this trip through the third volume are CXXVI (Le Mal Marié); CXXIV (MM); CXXV (Le Curé et le Mort); CXXIX (La Fille); CXLIV (Le Savetier et le Financier); CLXIX (Le Loup et le Chasseur); and CLXXXIII (Le Chat et le Renard). As Dailey points out, the illustration for CLXXII (Le Singe et le Léopard) lacks the words Le Léopard on the flag identifying the building in this first issue of the first edition.
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Identifier
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4777 (Access ID)
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Language
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fre
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Publisher
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Dessaint & Saillant; Durand; Imprimerie de Charles-Antoine Jombert
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Paris
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Subject
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PQ1808.A1 1755
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Type
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Book, Whole