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Fables choisies pour les enfants
Author: Jean de La Fontaine (French, 1621–1695)
Illustrated by: Maurice Boutet de Monvel (French, 1851–1913)
Printer and Publisher: E. Plon, Nourrit & Cie.
Illustrated by: Maurice Boutet de Monvel (French, 1851–1913)
Printer and Publisher: E. Plon, Nourrit & Cie.
1888
Place of Publication: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Printed book with color photo-relief illustrations
Dimensions
Overall: 23.2 x 27.3 x 1.3 cm (9 1/8 x 10 3/4 x 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Estate of Mrs. Arthur T.Cabot
Accession NumberRES.45.48
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: E. Plon, Nourrit & Cie. [1888]
Description(Paris: E. Plon , Nourrit et Cie [1888]) Oblong quarto; 48 pages, plus publisher advertisement; original publisher's gilt- and black stamped decorative brown cloth boards.
Illustrations to La Fontaine's fables.
Undated edition, but essentially agrees with online description of Brown copy of first edition, first issue, including binding design and imprint of A. Lenègre & Cie. Colophon on p. 4 reads: "Paris. Typographie de E. Plon, Nourrit et Cie, rue Garancière, 8. -- Gravures en relief de Ch. G. Petit et Cie. -- Encres de la maison Ch. Lorilleux et Cie." There perhaps is a difference in the signature markings.
MFA owns copy of 1893 edition (1970.257)
Illustrations to La Fontaine's fables.
Undated edition, but essentially agrees with online description of Brown copy of first edition, first issue, including binding design and imprint of A. Lenègre & Cie. Colophon on p. 4 reads: "Paris. Typographie de E. Plon, Nourrit et Cie, rue Garancière, 8. -- Gravures en relief de Ch. G. Petit et Cie. -- Encres de la maison Ch. Lorilleux et Cie." There perhaps is a difference in the signature markings.
MFA owns copy of 1893 edition (1970.257)
InscriptionsPen and ink on title: "Susan Cabot"
ProvenanceMrs. Arthur T. Cabot; her estate, by whom given to MFA, May 10, 1945.