Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
La Fontaine, Jean de, 1621-1695
Title:
Forbidden fruit : selected tales in verse / Jean de la Fontaine ; translated by Guido Waldman ; illustrated by Richard Shirley Smith.
Alternate Title(s):
Contes et nouvelles en vers. English. Selections
Published / Created:
London : Harvill Press, 1998.
Physical Description:
85 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger W. Moss.
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
"Designed and set in Fournier at Libanus Press, Marlborough, Wiltshire. Printed by Butler and Tanner, Ltd., Selwood Printing, Burgess Hill. ... Shirley Smith line drawn illustrations (nine full page, two of which are reused for dust jacket, chapter rule, and seven smaller drawings, some of which are used more than once)."--Moss.
Subject Terms:
La Fontaine, Jean de, 1621-1695 -- Translations into English. | Bawdy poetry -- France -- Translations into English. | Poetry, French. | Harvill Press -- Publisher.
Form/Genre:
Dust jackets (Binding) | Poetry.
Contributors:
Waldman, Guido, tr. | Shirley Smith, Richard, engraver. | Moss, Roger W., 1940- former owner.