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Fables de La Fontaine
Author: Jean de La Fontaine (French, 1621–1695)
Illustrated by: J. J. Grandville (Isidore-Adolphe Gèrard) (French, 1803–1847)
Drawing by: Auguste Desperet (French, died in 1865)
Engraved by: Robert-François-Richard Brend'amour (French, 1831–1915)
Publisher: Alfred Mame et Fils (French, 19th century)
Illustrated by: J. J. Grandville (Isidore-Adolphe Gèrard) (French, 1803–1847)
Drawing by: Auguste Desperet (French, died in 1865)
Engraved by: Robert-François-Richard Brend'amour (French, 1831–1915)
Publisher: Alfred Mame et Fils (French, 19th century)
1887
Place of Publication: Tours, France
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 241 wood engravings
Dimensions
Overall: 18.9 x 12.7 x 3.2 cm (7 7/16 x 5 x 1 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. Samuel Cabot
Accession NumberRES.45.62
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Tours: Alfred Mame et Fils, 1887
Description(Tours: Alfred Mame et Fils, 1887) Octavo; x, 512 pp.; contemporary half gilt-stamped red morocco, marbled paper boards.
Fable illustrations. According to the Inventaire [Brend'amour], these illustrations [first?] appeared in a Tours edition by Mame in 1864. There are also earlier editions of engraved illustrations after Grandville published by Fournier and Furne in Paris in the 1830s and 40s (see Brivois).
According to the Inventaire [Brend'amour], these illustrations [first?] appeared in a Tours edition by Mame in 1864. There are also earlier editions of engraved illustrations after Grandville published by Fournier and Furne in Paris in the 1830s and 40s (see Brivois).
Fable illustrations. According to the Inventaire [Brend'amour], these illustrations [first?] appeared in a Tours edition by Mame in 1864. There are also earlier editions of engraved illustrations after Grandville published by Fournier and Furne in Paris in the 1830s and 40s (see Brivois).
According to the Inventaire [Brend'amour], these illustrations [first?] appeared in a Tours edition by Mame in 1864. There are also earlier editions of engraved illustrations after Grandville published by Fournier and Furne in Paris in the 1830s and 40s (see Brivois).
ProvenanceSamuel Cabot (bookplate), by whom given to MFA, September 13, 1945.