Fables de la Fontaine
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de La Fontaine, Jean
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1947
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Here is a second first edition copy of Rapeño's work from 1947 with exactly the same numbers on the obverse of the title-page, but with a different cover. Here the cover shows the tortoise passing the negligent hare. This copy cost over ten times what the other copy cost! I will repeat some of my remarks from that edition. I mentioned there that I thought I already had the book. Now that turned out to be true, but I certainly thought it again. The tilde in Rapeño's name is causing me some problems, but it also brings me lovely books. I noticed that Rapeño was one of the most frequently used artists in a recent favorite featuring all sorts of artists on La Fontaine. There are eighteen fables in this oversize book. The first and last of the eighteen have three pages. All others have two, and the layout of these two pages is formulaic. On the left page is a title and La Fontaine's text. The right page is a full page of color illustration without border signed Rapeño. The style of these seems to me to suggest the illustrations of someone like Milo Winter. Perhaps the most interesting of them has the reflection of the stag growing right out of the small point of land on which he stands. OF is a very strong visualization of the scene. In this copy, GA, TMCM, WC, TT, FS, FG, and Le Héron are particularly well printed.
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Éditions Albin Michel
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6475 (Access ID)