Les fables de La Fontaine Illustrées 1
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La Fontaine, Jean de
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2020
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This may be our first book from a publisher in Algeria. It is a print-on-demand 8½" x ll" book of 40 pages featuring 18 fables, as the back cover says, "dans ce premier tome." I will be curious to see if other volumes follow. The front cover and title-page repeat an excellent full-page illustration for FC, in which the fox waits patiently with eyes pleasantly closed for the cheese that is falling into a basket outfitted with a typical French checkerboard cloth. I am surprised by the first sentence of the "Présentation": "On ne présente plus les fables de Jean de La Fontaine." I collect multiple editions every year! The general pattern here is that La Fontaine's verse is on the left-hand page, with unusual vocabulary explained at the bottom of the page. The right-hand page has a full-page colored illustration, done in the style, I would say, of contemporary computer-generated art. A typical illustration is that for "The Ass and the Lapdog" on 35. After long fables, the editor finds a place in the illustration for the vocabulary help. There is a T of C at the end.
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Dar Beni Mezghana Jeunesse
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