Fables de La Fontaine
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La Fontaine, Jean de
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1956
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Here is a curious addition to the collection. I suspect that very few copies were made. This 9½" x 13½" hardbound book without an interior title takes the first and last pages of eight menus for the Campagnie Gemerale Transatlantique French Line and offers them as facing pages, with each page blank on the verso. The only thing before or after these eight lovely duets is the dedication to Madame Huguette Clark signed by Mercier on June 6, 1958. This copy includes a blank folded card, evidently meant for Christmas, featuring a lovely young woman admiring a Christmas tree. The seller offered this description: "Tan paper covered boards, very good, inscribed by author on blank page. Copyright 1956. Text in french. Except for inscription, inside pages clean and unmarked. 13 1/2" x 9 1/2". Includes a Mercier illustrated paper index like folded card. Beautiful poster like color illustrations by Jean A. Mercier for the Campagnie Gemerale Transatlantique French Line." I agree with the praise of Mercier's color illustrations! The booklet helps to confirm that there are eight menus in the set. Mercier also did "Bon Point" illustrations also found in the collection.
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Jean A. Mercier et Beuchet-Vanden Brugge
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