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Tales and Novels in Verse
work by La Fontaine
Also known as: “Contes et nouvelles en vers”, “Contes”
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discussed in biography
- In Jean de La Fontaine: Miscellaneous writings and the Contes
…his miscellaneous works, La Fontaine’s Contes et nouvelles en vers (Tales and Novels in Verse) considerably exceed the Fables in bulk. The first of them was published in 1664, the last posthumously. He borrowed them mostly from Italian sources, in particular Giovanni Boccaccio, but he preserved none of the 14th-century…
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history of graphic design
- In graphic design: Rococo graphic design
…et nouvelles en vers (1762; Tales and Novels in Verse). In this work, Joseph Gerard Barbou, the printer, used types and ornaments by Fournier, full-page engravings by Eisen, and complex spot illustrations and tailpieces by Pierre-Phillippe Choffard. This superb example of Rococo book design combined the ornamented types, decorative initials,…
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