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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.
1893
Place of Publication: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Printed book with color photo-relief Illustrations
Dimensions
Overall: 23 x 27.3 x 1.3 cm (9 1/16 x 10 3/4 x 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Aimée and Miss Rosamond Lamb
Accession Number1970.257
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: E. Plon, Nourrit & Cie., 1893
Description(Paris: E. Plon, Nourrit et Cie., 1893) Oblong quarto; 48 pages, plus publisher's advertisement; original publisher's gilt- and black-stamped illustrated brown cloth boards.
Illustrations to La Fontaine's fables.
The date of this edition is found in the colophon on page 4. In addition to the publisher, the names of Ch. G. Petit et Cie. (printer of the photo-relief illuss.) and La Maison Ch. Lorilleux et Cie. (ink supplier?) are included.
MFA owns an undated edition, perhaps the first of 1888 (RES.45.48).
Illustrations to La Fontaine's fables.
The date of this edition is found in the colophon on page 4. In addition to the publisher, the names of Ch. G. Petit et Cie. (printer of the photo-relief illuss.) and La Maison Ch. Lorilleux et Cie. (ink supplier?) are included.
MFA owns an undated edition, perhaps the first of 1888 (RES.45.48).
ProvenanceMiss Aimée and Miss Rosamond Lamb, by whom given to MFA, March 11, 1970.