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    Doré's Illustrations for the Fables of La Fontaine
    Doré's Illustrations for the Fables of La Fontaine
    Doré's Illustrations for the Fables of La Fontaine
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    Doré's Illustrations for the Fables of La Fontaine

    By Gustave Doré

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    At the age of 16, Gustave Doré was the highest-paid illustrator in France. Twenty years later, in 1868, at the peak of his artistic genius, he produced magnificent illustrations for Jean de La Fontaine's witty and high polished Fables ― poems and timeless tales with charming images of country folk and animal life, as well as heroes from Greek mythology and creatures from fables by Aesop. This collection includes all 84 full-page plates plus 39 vignettes from a rare, early edition and includes, among others, scenes from "The Wolf and the Lamb," "The Lion and the Gnat," "The Hare and the Tortoise," and "Ulysses' Companions."
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDover Publications
    Release dateJan 24, 2013
    ISBN9780486169507
    Doré's Illustrations for the Fables of La Fontaine
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    Gustave Doré

    Paul Gustave Doré (January 6, 1832 – January 23, 1883) was a French artist, engraver, illustrator and sculptor. Doré worked primarily with wood engraving and steel engraving.

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      Doré's Illustrations for the Fables of La Fontaine - Gustave Doré

      THE WOLF AND THE LAMB

      [Le Loup et L’Agneau]

      The gentle lamb attempts to reason, in vain, with the ferocious wolf.

      Copyright

      Copyright © 2003 by Dover Publications, Inc.

      All rights reserved.

      Bibliographical Note

      This Dover edition, first published in 2003, contains all 84 full-page plates, and a selection of 39 vignettes, from the work originally published as Fables de la Fontaine avec les Dessins de Gustave Doré by Librairie de L. Hachette, Paris, in 1868. The Publisher’s Note and captions were prepared specially for the present edition.

      DOVER Pictorial Archive SERIES

      This book belongs to the Dover Pictorial Archive Series. You may use the designs and illustrations for graphics and crafts applications, free and without special permission, provided that you include no more than ten in the same publication or project. (For permission for additional use, please write to Permissions Department, Dover Publications, Inc., 31 East 2nd Street, Mineola, N.Y. 11501.)

      However, republication or reproduction of any illustration by any other graphic service, whether it be in a book or in any other design resource, is strictly prohibited.

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Doré, Gustave, 1832-1883.

      Doré’s illustrations for the Fables of La Fontaine / Gustave Doré.

      p. cm.—(Dover pictorial archive series)

      Dover edition, first published in 2003, contains all 84 full-page plates, and a selection of 39 vignettes, from the work originally published as Fables de la Fontaine avec les dessins de Gustave Doré by Librairie de L. Hachette, Paris in 1868.

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