Fables de la Fontaine N┬░1
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1978
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This is a duplicate copy of a book already in the collection. I keep it in for a specific reason. The coloring of individual images is not identical in its application. The colors are the same, but in one image they will fit perfectly with the black-and-white foundation of the image, and in the parallel image in the other copy they will miss slightly. I do not know what color process Pellerin was using back in the days of the original of this booklet or what Hachette was using in 1978, but the effect is surprising when one examines the images closely. I will repeat what I wrote of the first copy. This is a curious and engaging book. It offers seventeen well-chosen fables of La Fontaine. The first, GA, is illustrated with a black-and-white tableau; the last, "La Guenon, le Singe & la Noix," has an inky black-and-white illustration. The fifteen in between have each a strong full-page colored illustration typical of Epinal work, with large areas of bright simple colors. Among the best of these is "Le Cerf se voyant dans l'Eau" (23), in which the stag, dressed colorfully as a human gentleman, leans over the pool. Another follows immediately: I have never seen a more active rat than the one leaping from the table here (25)! The cover is unusual in that it shows La Fontaine not out with animals but seated at a table full of pages of texts and animal illustrations. The name "Hachette" appears on the cover but not on the inside of the book; might this be a Hachette reprint of an earlier Epinal work?
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Imagerie Pellerin
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