Fables de Florian -- illustrées de 72 gravures
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De Suckau Florian, H.
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1870
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This may be our Florian with the prettiest covers and spine. The front cover features “The Hare and the Duck” under Florian’s portrait, the back cover “The Ant and the Butterfly.” The spine claims “75 illustrations” while the title-page claims more accurately that there are 72. Twelve of those are full-page intercalated illustrations by Phillippoteaux, who is otherwise unknown in this collection. Two good examples are “The Blind Man and the Lame Man” (facing 57) and “Colas’ Flock” (facing 70). The latter is about the sad shepherd, who could lead his dogs and rams across the raging stream but lost lots of the younger sheep in the effort. The other 60 are partial-page illustrations by Freeman offering, as Bodemann points out, familiar animal presentations. Good examples are “Two Travellers” (37) and “The Child and the Kangaroos” (62). The book includes 47 additional fables by La Motte-Houdart and 51 from l’Abbé Aubert.
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Bernardin-Béchet et Fils
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12571 (Access ID)