Contes & Nouvelles

Multiple artists/makers

1839

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Title: Contes & Nouvelles
Author: Written by Jean de La Fontaine (French, Château-Thierry 1621–1695 Paris)
Illustrator: Tony Johannot (French, Offenbach 1803–1852 Paris)
Illustrator: Achille-Jacques-Jean-Marie Devéria (French, Paris 1800–1857 Paris)
Illustrator: Theophile-Evariste-Hippolyte Fragonard (French, Paris 1806–1876 Neuilly-sur-Seine)
Illustrator: Ange-Louis Janet-Lange (French, Paris 1815–1872 Paris)
Illustrator: Edouard Wattier (French, Lille 1793–1871 Paris)
Illustrator: Eugène Laville (French, Saverne 1814–1869 Marmoutiers)
Illustrator: Adrien Feart (French, born Sedan, 1813)
Illustrator: François-Louis Français (French, Frèsne Saint-Mamès 1851–1934 Paris)
Illustrator: Camille-Joseph-Etienne Roqueplan (French, Mallemort 1803–1855 Paris)
Date: 1839
Medium: wood engraving
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1970
Object Number: 1970.565.521
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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