20 Fables de La Fontaine
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La Fontaine, Jean de
Issue Date
1927
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Book, Whole
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Here is a serious addition to the collection. In each of the twenty instances, La Fontaine's text is matched with a contemporary full-page colored political cartoon by Jehan Sennep. These full-page cartoons are exquisitely colored and printed. There is no printing on their obverse. Among my nominees for the best of the multi-colored illustrations are FC (the German helmet is a great clue!); Le Renard et le Bouc; L'Ane Portant des Reliques; MM; Le Lion Devenu Vieux; GGE; TB; Le Coche et la Mouche; 2P (featuring an American safe!); Le Loup Devenu Berger; and TT. One can see, I am impressed by the whole book! Though pages are not numbered, the fables are introduced with a numbered title-page for each. The closing Table des Fables fortunately identifies the specific figures pictured in each cartoon. I do not know French history of the twenties well enough to identify the individuals involved, but I can certainly understand le Boche in FC! Clemenceau appears in Le Lion Devenu Vieux. After each text, there is also a tail-piece, often showing the outcome of the fable. The design showing Herriot exploding at the end of OF is delightful! Not in Bodemann.
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Librairie de France