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Paperback • 2006 • Norwegian Bokmål
By David Adams
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La Fontaine's Contes et nouvelles en vers was probably the most famous illustrated book to have appeared in France during the eighteenth century. The celebrated 1762 edition, published by Louis XV's detested tax-gatherers, the Compagnie des Fermiers generaux, held among its claims to supremacy its magnificent copperplate illustrations, designed by Charles Eisen. In this highly illustrated book, David Adams first sets out a publishing history of the edition, using historical, bibliographical an...Show more
Book details
ISBN
9780729408851
Publisher
Oxford : Voltaire Foundation
Published year
2006
Language
Norwegian Bokmål
Original title
Book illustration, taxes and propaganda : the Fermiers généraux edition of La Fontaine's Contes et nouvelles en vers of 1762
Format
Paperback
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