Fables d'Ésope
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Aesop
Bellegarde (translator)
Benserade, Isaac de
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1934
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This is the sort of book for which this collection exists! At first it looks like nothing more than a beaten-up old paperback, remarkable perhaps for the fox who scratches his head on the cover while the stork eats out of a vase. When we investigate a bit, we find that it is a numbered limited edition with perhaps thirty lovely full-page illustrations for its one-hundred numbered fables. There is a T of C at the back. Pages without illustrations have a Greek Aisopos nameplate as header and a branch design as footer. The illustrations are classic in recalling traditional artists. Among the best are The Dog and the Sow (59), The Blackbird and the Fowler (83), The Stargazer (169), and Le Souhait de l'Envieux as it is so aptly titled (201). I wonder if this X. Lefèvre has anything to do with the Achille Désiré Lefèvre who did illustrations for Benserade's texts in the Fables Choisies d'Ésope published in 1818 (Bodemann #232.1). I notice that SW is told in the poorer form (178). The book is fragile and slightly watermarked, and the spine is tearing.
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A l'Enseigne du Pot Casse
Publiée sous la direction de Constantin Castera
Publiée sous la direction de Constantin Castera
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3752 (Access ID)