The Fables of La FontaineG. Bell and Sons, 1888 - 356 pages |
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... THE FABLES OF LA FONTAINE TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY ELIZUR WRIGHT . A NEW Edition , WITH NOTES BY J. W. M. GIBBS . LONDON : GEORGE BELL AND SONS , YORK STREET , COVENT GARDEN . 1888 . CHISWICK PRESS : -C . WHITTINGHAM AND CO . , BY ...
... THE FABLES OF LA FONTAINE TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY ELIZUR WRIGHT . A NEW Edition , WITH NOTES BY J. W. M. GIBBS . LONDON : GEORGE BELL AND SONS , YORK STREET , COVENT GARDEN . 1888 . CHISWICK PRESS : -C . WHITTINGHAM AND CO . , BY ...
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Jean de La Fontaine J. W. M. Gibbs. CHISWICK PRESS : -C . WHITTINGHAM AND CO . , TOOKS COURT , CHANCERY LANE . PQ 1811 E3 PREFACE TO THE PRESENT EDITION , шь.
Jean de La Fontaine J. W. M. Gibbs. CHISWICK PRESS : -C . WHITTINGHAM AND CO . , TOOKS COURT , CHANCERY LANE . PQ 1811 E3 PREFACE TO THE PRESENT EDITION , шь.
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... editions were printed in three years . Since then it has been allowed to pass out of print , except in the shape of a small - type edition produced in London immediately after the first publication in Boston , and the present publishers ...
... editions were printed in three years . Since then it has been allowed to pass out of print , except in the shape of a small - type edition produced in London immediately after the first publication in Boston , and the present publishers ...
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... edition ) , and existing as it does only in the large quarto form given to those illustrations , it cannot make any claim to be a handy - volume edition . Mr. Wright's translation , however , still holds its place as the best English ...
... edition ) , and existing as it does only in the large quarto form given to those illustrations , it cannot make any claim to be a handy - volume edition . Mr. Wright's translation , however , still holds its place as the best English ...
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... edition of La Fontaine's Fables , published by Fournier Ainé . The book was well received both in America and England , and four other editions were speedily called for . The sixth edition , published in 1843 , was a slightly expurgated ...
... edition of La Fontaine's Fables , published by Fournier Ainé . The book was well received both in America and England , and four other editions were speedily called for . The sixth edition , published in 1843 , was a slightly expurgated ...
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