DORÉ, Gustave (illus.); LA FONTAINE, Jean de.

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Fables de La Fontaine. First Doré edition, this set including the additional plate "Les devineresses" bound in Volume II. In this period, Doré went from being "virtually unknown in England to being the most famous illustrator in the world" (Malan, 67). His illustrated edition was serialized in 60 parts from 1866 to 1868 and published in book form simultaneously in Paris and London.

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