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Bouchot, Henri, 1849-1906, Bigmore, E. C. (Edward Clements), 1838?-1899, Grevel, H, Einsle, Anton, 1848-1897 · New York : Scribner and Welford · leaf 227
isen and Choffard, the artists best qualified toillustrate the inimitable fancies of the great poet. The first had ■for his task the composition of the separate plates, Choffard 2o8 The Book. the general decoration. Ficquet was added for the portraitof the bonhomme Lafontaine—Ficquet, whose… … Fig. 121.—Vignette by Eisen for the Quiproquo in the Contes of Lafontaine,in the edition of the Ferniieis Gencraitx, It is not a book to be recommended from a moral point ofview, but never did typographical art, in combination with thatof designers and engravers, obtain a more complete success :…
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