Fables de La Fontaine
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La Fontaine, Jean de
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1910
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This book is identical with another in the collection found in 2005 but is in better condition, and so I will include it, along with the copy found earlier. I could not pass up a beautiful book like this at a bargain price! Each of these copies seems to be a hybrid of two items I have listed under "1910?" and "1910?/1929?" Each has all the features of the latter but adds a colored front cover illustration of various animals arranged around a bust of La Fontaine. I will repeat comments from both of those editions. Bodemann lists the 1910 edition as #376.1. As in the latter edition, on the pre-title-page, one reads not "Série 11" but "Série 11a"--though below both is "No 1115." The bottom of 399 in the earlier edition had "40245. -- Tours, impr. Mame." Here as in the other edition of "1929?" one reads rather "42232. -- 1929. -- Tours, impr. Mame." As Bodemann points out, there are 54 half-page illustrations, which I believe are photoengravings. Among the best of these are "The Rat and the Oyster" (241), "The Bear and the Gardener" (242), and "The Fox and the Turkeys" (387). In addition, there are 94 line drawings in various formats. I prefer these to the photoengravings. Among the best are these: "Death and the Woodman" (42), "The Lion and the Gnat" (62), WC (95), "The Wolf and the Hunter" (271), "The Mice and the Screech Owl" (351), and "The Cat and the Two Sparrows" (359). Vimar's foxes, wolves, and monkeys either laughing or in pain are particularly strong and engaging. Many of his endpieces are good fun. Thus a beetle wields a sledge-hammer against the eagle's eggs on 60. One can contrast the two methods dealing with one fable on 150-51. This copy has gilt page-edges on three sides.
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Maison Alfred Mame et Fils
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11478 (Access ID)