Original drawings for "The Fox and the Stork
by La Fontaine, Jean de
- Used
- Condition
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- Seller
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Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
(Moscow, 1929. Ausberg, E.. Six pen-and-ink drawings colored with watercolor, with an expressionistic look, each measuring 7 3/4 by 6 1/2 inches. These delicate, stylized illustrations are tinted with shades of orange, purple, and green. The first drawing has the title and illustrator's name, Ausbrey, below it in Russian. The images recount La Fontaine's fable of getting one's just desserts: the fox exasperates the stork by offering him food on a plate, which, with his long beak, the stork cannot eat. However, the stork retaliates by offering the fox a drink from a narrow, long-necked vessel. Attractive and unique illustrations for a book never published. Two have paperclip marks to edge, else fine, mounted without adhesive in a paper portfolio.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bromer Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15929
- Title
- Original drawings for "The Fox and the Stork
- Author
- La Fontaine, Jean de
- Illustrator
- Ausberg, E.
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Place of Publication
- (Moscow
- Date Published
- 1929
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated Books;
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About the Seller
Bromer Booksellers
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Boston, Massachusetts
About Bromer Booksellers
Bromer Booksellers specializes in rare and beautiful books. Owned and operated by Anne Bromer, who has been in the business of fine books for over fifty years, our shop carries a range of important private press books, designer bookbindings, illustrated books, children's books, and miniature books.
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