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Les Fables de La Fontaine pour Bébé
(Théodore Lefèvre et Cie., 1886)
This book is almost identical with a copy I first bought from Abbey Antiquarian in 2000. Now, I have found two other copies, and they have small but fascinating differences. This volume, like the Abbey copy, has the name ...
Fables de La Fontaine, Tome Premier
(Belin-Le-Prieur, 1807)
We have only this first volume, as Bodemann had only the first volume. The seller hoped for a publishing date of 1743, but that date is taken from the "Avertissement." That is indeed when Coste published his first ...
Fables de La Fontaine, Vol. II
(H. Fournier Ainé, 1838)
When I noticed that this 1838 edition was up for under $80 for the two volumes, I thought I would take a chance. I got lucky! Getting it has given me a chance to compare -- again -- the 1838 Grandvilles that I have. I ...
Fables Choisies Mise en Vers par Monsieur La Fontaine
(Les Libraires Associées, 1778)
Here is a charming 18th century La Fontaine with designs at the beginning of each of the twelve books and a lovely frontispiece of Aesop, La Fontaine, Fable, and Truth. In fact, I find the model for this frontispiece in ...
Imagerie Artistique: 20 Fables de La Fontaine
(Maison Quantin, 1889)
This is the second of three copies I have found of this book, a first volume answering two copies I had earlier found of the second volume. The cover has a teacher pointing to one of eleven miniatures of this book's twenty ...
Imagerie Artistique: 20 Fables de La Fontaine
(Ancienne Maison Quantin, 1891)
Patience has paid off! I had found two copies of the second volume of this series but had never seen the first volume. Here it is! See my comments there. The cover here has a teacher pointing to one of eleven miniaturized ...
Imagerie Artistique: 20 Fables de La Fontaine
(Maison Quantin, 1889)
This is the third of three copies I have found of this book, a first volume answering two copies I had earlier found of the second volume. The cover has a teacher pointing to one of eleven miniatures of this book's twenty ...