Jean de La Fontaine: Fables Vol. II
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1966
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Here is a spectacular addition to the collection! The illustrations here are breathtaking! The illustrations in this volume are: Le Gland et la Citrouille (3); Le Cygne et le Cuisinier (9); L'Oeil du Maître (16); Le Serpent et la Lime (25); L' Ours et les deux Compagnons (32); FS (41); SS (48); GGE (57); Le Charlatan (64); Le Chat et un vieux Rat (73); La jeune Veuve (80); MM (89); Le Cochon, la Chèvre, et le Mouton (96); L' Huître et les Plaideurs (105); Le Villageois et le Serpent (112); L' Ours et l'Amateur des jardins (121); Le Curé et le Mort (128); Le Vieillard et les trois jeunes Hommes (141); Le Héron (152). My favorites among these include Le Cygne et le Cuisinier (9); LeMarié seems to be able to portray a large world full of activities and still let the eye come to the little part of the action that the fable specifies. A second favorite is Le Chat et un vieux Rat (73); here it is not activity but antiques in an old barn that fill the picture. But in one small part, done in exquisite detail, a rat is invited to trust that a cat has also become a relic. A final favorite is La jeune Veuve (80); while others dance and make merry, she peaks out of her door. I cannot praise these detailed half-page colored illustrations highly enough. They are exquisite! From the bookdealer's description I take this: 164 pages, en feuillets sous chemise rempliée illustrée et emboîtages crème illustrés. The printing was done by l'Imprimerie Daragnès in Paris. Jean Taricco engraved some 2200 pieces of wood necessary for the reproduction of the aquarelles of Henry LeMarié for these three volumes. Good condition. Beautifully executed!
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Les Editions d'Art Les Heures Claires
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