Contes de La Fontaine, Tome II
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1951
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Tome I and Tome II of fables appeared in 1950 and 1951, respectively, and Tome I of Contes in 1951. I am including these three volumes of Contes because they are part of the same set of five volumes. Printed on Vélin de Chiffon des Vosges. Metzner says that the illustrations are hand-colored. The pages are collected in a portfolio. I do not know La Fontaine's Contes. What impresses me most about this particular presentation of them is the erotic character of Barret's illustrations. The illustrations can be found as frontispiece and facing 20, 47, 62, 95, 110, 135, 146, 171, 178, 202, 215. Of these twelve, only two do not feature a woman at least partially naked. Barret's style remains humorous, here perhaps more satirical than in the playful fable illustrations. There is a reminder between the two title-pages that this edition includes five volumes and that only 2200 copies were printed.
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Aux Éditions Arc-en-Ciel
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