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Fables de La Fontaine, Livraison 2
(Hachette, 1866)
Here is the second fascicle. Pages 17-32, plus a jacket. Five fables: DW; LS; "The Load"; "The Swallow and Other Birds"; and TMCM. The last two of these have strong full-page illustrations. I have always cherished ...
Fables de La Fontaine, Livraison 1
(Hachette, 1866)
Here is the first fascicle, delivered November 3, 1866. Pages 1-16, plus a jacket. There is a dedication to the Dauphin and a title-page for Book I with a blank verso. Four fables: GA, FC, OF, and "Two Mules." The first ...
Fables de La Fontaine, Livraison 5
(Hachette, 1866)
Here is the fifth fascicle. Pages 65-80, plus a jacket. This fascicle completes OR with a full-page illustration. OR also finishes Book I. Book II has "Against Those with Difficult Taste"; BC, with a dramatic full-page ...
Fables de La Fontaine, Livraison 10
(Hachette, 1867)
Here is the tenth fascicle. Pages 145-160, plus a jacket. I have guessed that this is the first fascicle published in 1867. That guess is based on the weekly publication of a fascicle starting on November 3, 1866. This ...
Fables de La Fontaine, Livraison 9
(Hachette, 1866)
Here is the ninth fascicle. Pages 129-144, plus a jacket. This fascicle begins Book III. It includes MSA, with a strong full-page illustration of women looking back on the miller while his son rides away from us; SM; ...
Fables de La Fontaine, Livraison 6
(Hachette, 1866)
Here is the sixth fascicle. Pages 81-96, plus a jacket. This fascicle first completes the text of "Two Bulls and One Frog." The continuing fables then are "The Bat and the Two Weasels"; "The Bird Wounded with a Feather"; ...
Fables de La Fontaine, Livraison 4
(Hachette, 1866)
Here is the fourth fascicle. Pages 49-64, plus a jacket. The fables here are "Death and the Woodman" with a very strong full-page illustration; "The Man Between Two Ages and His Two Mistresses"; FS; "The Child and the ...
Fables de La Fontaine, Livraison 8
(Hachette, 1866)
Here is the eighth fascicle. Pages 113-128, plus a jacket. This fascicle includes "The Crow Wanting to Imitate an Eagle"; "The Peacock Complaining to Juno," with a highly detailed full-page illustration; CW; "The Lion ...
Fables de La Fontaine, Livraison 3
(Hachette, 1866)
Here is the third fascicle. Pages 13-48, plus a jacket. The fables here are: WL; "The Man and His Image"; "The Dragon with Several Heads and the Dragon with Several Tails"; "The Robbers and the Ass"; "Simonides Preserved ...
Fables de La Fontaine, Livraison 7
(Hachette, 1866)
Here is the seventh fascicle. Pages 97-112, plus a jacket. This fascicle first completes SS. The continuing fables then are LM, with a favorite full-page illustration; AD; "The Astrologer Who Fell in a Well"; "The Rabbit ...