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245 00 [Fables of La Fontaine] |k[print]
260    [Paris?] : |c1789.
300    1 engraved sheet: chiefly illus. |c43.5 cm in diameter.
500    A circular engraved plate with dozens of tiny vignettes illustrating scenes from the fables of La Fontaine.
500    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.
653    Prints, copper-plate engravings
700 1  La Fontaine, Jean de, |d1621-1695. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79081923
700 1  Paroy, Jean Philippe Guy le Gentil, marquis de |d1750-1824, |eengraver.
856 42  |3Commentary |uhttps://blogs.princeton.edu/cotsen/2011/04/what-is-this/
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950     |c2023-08-10 11:53:30 US/Eastern |b2021-07-13 07:27:17 US/Easternfalse