Les Fables de La Fontaine
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de La Fontaine, Jean
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1988
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Here is something strange. The format of this book is exactly like that of a book published in 1992 by Grasset Jeunesse, 50 Fables de La Fontaine. It also has a preface--but a different one--by Marc Soriano. This volume has the title The Fables of La Fontaine, but it just happens to have fifty fables. Hmmmm…. I find no overlap between these two French editions. This book seems to be the source for the smaller Italian paperback Jean de la Fontaine: Favole, which is listed under 1993/97. Many of my comments from the Grasset publication of 1992 apply as well to this volume. The finely detailed primitive paintings recommend this book highly. They range from full page illustrations down to single figures taking part of a page. Among the best of the smaller colored designs is that of the drowning child on 19. Among the best in the half-page variety are SS (27), which extends just beyond its borders to make its point; FG (45); and The Wolf, the Mother, and the Infant (53). Among the best full-page illustrations are the wolf become shepherd (41), TB (59), and TH (67). The latter is also the cover's image. The two images for SW contrast nicely (62-63). On 49, text and design are for once not well integrated; some of the print falls on the image of the horse. There is a T of C at the end. Inscribed in English in Paris in 1996.
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France Loisirs
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6124 (Access ID)