Fables Choisies Mises en Vers par M. de la Fontaine avec la Vie d'Esope, Tome Second
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1729
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Bodemann 77.12. Here is the second volume so long sought for after first finding the third volume nineteen years ago. This volume covers Books V-IX. Bodemann's comment indicates that this edition is one of many that copied Chauveau's illustrations from the first edition of La Fontaine's fables. There is a T of C for this volume at the beginning. There is a new page for each new fable and an illustration for each fable or for those that La Fontaine himself already paired. Though this work copies Chauveau, I find these illustrations often more distinct and dramatic. At 3" x 2½", they are also often larger than Chauveau's original work. As in the first volume, each illustration includes both the page and the number of the fable in its book. Particularly good illustrations include 2P (V2, 7); TB (V 20, 47); "Horse and Ass" (VI 16, 88); "Coach and Fly" (VII 8, 135); "The Pig, Goat, and Sheep" (VIII 12, 207); "Horoscope" (VIII 16, 221); and "Cat and Fox" (IX 14, 305). On 178, the lion actually wears the skin of the skinned wolf! 335 pages.
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La Compagnie des Libraires; L'Imprimerie de Pierre Prault
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