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Jean de La Fontaine - Fables illustrées de 238 eaux-fortes de Gus Bofa: PB 74-1991

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Jean de La Fontaine - Fables illustrées de 238 eaux-fortes de Gus Bofa

Maker(s)

Author: La Fontaine, Jean de (poet)
Illustrator: Bofa, Gus (Gustave Blanchot)
Publisher: Terquem, J.

Categories

Description

2 volumes, each volume being in a slipcase with a portfolio of plates. No 30 of limited edition of 87; signed by the artist.

Place(s) associated

  • Paris

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

Production date: AD 1928

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 74-1991
Primary reference Number: 98421
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 6 December 2019 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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