[Fables of La Fontaine] [print]

Format
Book
Language
French
Published/​Created
[Paris?] : 1789.
Description
1 engraved sheet: chiefly illus. 43.5 cm in diameter.

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Special Collections - Cotsen Children's Library Item 5140745 PrintsQ unprocessed / Box 1 Browse related items Reading Room Request

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    • A circular engraved plate with dozens of tiny vignettes illustrating scenes from the fables of La Fontaine.
    • At the center of the print is a column with a full-length portrait of Aesop on the shaft and a bust of La Fontaine on the capital. Below this figure is the engraver's signature, "le Cte de Paroy," i.e. Jean-Philippe Guy le Gentil, and the date 1789. The comte de Paroy was celebrated as a miniaturist, of which this print is a marvelous example.
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    1347202467
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