Fables of La Fontaine
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Authors
de La Fontaine, Jean
Wright, Elizur (translator)
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1879
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A very curious book. Compare it with my 1841 and 1860 editions of Wright's translation that use Grandville as illustrator. The surprises start when Book I's title page comes before the book's title page! The 240 or so fables are divided into books--not LaFontaine's division, which Wright followed--but they are not numbered. For some reason, first fable comes after each book-title page and before the first fable of the book, but there are no similar markings over any further fables. There are small illustrations along the way, most of them simple repeated ornaments. One wonders if these were what the printer happened to have around. Four full-page illustrations are included, and three of these (facing 128, 360, and 426) are at least derived from Grandville. The fourth, for The Wolf and the Fox (facing 276), is not Grandville's illustration for this LaFontaine fable (XI.6). There is an AI at the back of the book. My, what one finds!
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Thomas R. Knox & Co.
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1318 (Access ID)