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Douze Fables de Jean de la Fontaine Peintures dan la Salle à Manger du M.S. Dalerdijk
(Holland-America Line, 1950)
I thought I recognized this booklet when I found it. It turns out that I have it in English, not French, under the title The Twelve de la Fontaine Fables as Painted in the Dining Saloon M.V. Dalerdijk. Let me adapt my ...
Börsenblatt für den Deutschen Buchhandel-Frankfurter Ausgabe-Nr. 61, 31. Juli 1987: Aus dem Antiquariat 1987, N. 7, including Die Fabeln von La Fontaine in zwei frühen illustrierten Ausgaben
(Dr. Karl H. Pressler, München, 1987)
Winkelmann contrasts the approach and social context of two early illustrators of La Fontaine's fables. Before getting to them, she looks at La Fontaine's place in the fable tradition. He combines the ancient, school, ...
Fables: La Fontaine: Tome 2
(Bordas, 1964)
Only the cover and later printing date seem to distinguish this printing from that of 1964. See my comments there.
Fables de La Fontaine VIII
(Presses de la Cité, 1956)
This little book shows MSA in an oval on its gold cover. The fables presented are GA, MSA, FG, and Le Chat, la Belette et le Petit Lapin. The ass in the illustration on 9 seems quite pleased to be carried! Raminagrobis ...
Fables de La Fontaine IV
(Presses de la Cité, 1956)
This little book shows LM in an oval on its red cover. The fables presented are LM, AD, Les Animaux Malades de la Peste, and TB. There is a fine illustration of AD including a rejoicing ant and some blood on the hunter's ...
Fables de La Fontaine III
(Presses de la Cité, 1956)
This little book shows TMCM in an oval on its yellow cover. The fables presented are TMCM, L'Alouette et ses Petits avec le Maitre d'un Champ, TT, and WC. There is a nice last black-and-white illustration of the crane ...
Fables de La Fontaine VI
(Presses de la Cité, 1956)
This little book shows Le Lion et le Moucheron in an oval on its blue cover. The other fables presented are SS, L'Oeil du Maitre, and Les Médicins. In fact, the lion and his mosquito get two more illustrations, and the ...
Fables de La Fontaine II
(Presses de la Cité, 1956)
This little book shows MM in an oval on its salmon cover. The fables presented are MM, DW, Le Laboureur et ses Enfants, and Le Singe et le Chat. I have seldom seen an illustration of the latter depict so well the lying-down ...
Fables de La Fontaine V
(Presses de la Cité, 1956)
This little book shows OF in an oval on its yellow cover. The fables presented are OF, OR, L'Ane et le Chien, and Le Cochet, le Chat et le Souriceau. The best illustration may be that for OR (9). The same little mouse ...
Fables de La Fontaine VII
(Presses de la Cité, 1956)
This little book shows FS in an oval on its green cover. The fables presented are 2P, FS, L'Huitre et les Plaideurs, and Les Deux Pigeons. Perhaps the best of the illustrations puts two very different faces on the two pots (5).