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Fables de La Fontaine: Edition Illustrée, Vol. I
(Aubert et Cie., 1842)
This is a lovely pair of volumes. It belongs, I believe, most appropriately between Bodemann #287.3 and #287.4. It seems that the family of Bodemann #287 is dominated by the illustrations of Jules David. The unusual ...
Fables de La Fontaine: Edition Illustrée, Vol. II
(Aubert et Cie., 1842)
Here is Volume II of a lovely pair of volumes. They belong, I believe, most appropriately between Bodemann #287.3 and #287.4. It seems that the family of Bodemann #287 is dominated by the illustrations of Jules David. ...
Fables de La Fontaine
([P.-C. Lehuby], 1842)
Here is a mysterious book. I have spent some time with it. It sold on eBay with this description: From the 1840s, in the original French, this is a handsome leather bound edition, Fables de La Fontaine, wonderfully ...
Fables of La Fontaine, 3rd ed., Vol. I
(Tappan and Dennet, 1842)
Apparently identical with the fourth edition, which I have. A lovely little pair of books. The notice says that the warm reception of Grandville's illustrations in the 1841 original was expected, but the favor accorded ...
Fables of La Fontaine, 3rd ed., Vol. II
(Tappan and Dennet, 1842)
Apparently identical with the fourth edition, which I have. A lovely little pair of books. See my comment on Volume I. Twenty-five well executed and well preserved illustrations; it is a shame that they are so small. ...