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Thursday 14 November 2013

Livres trésors

These photos were taken at the maze exhibition. The 1674 manuscript book of Charles Perrault's 'Versailles Labyrinth' belonged to king Louis XIV. Left is a superb 1566 book of Aesop's fables. Finally, below, la Fontaine's fables in a 1755-1759 edition.

Ces photos ont été prises à l'expo Le Labyrinthe de Versailles. Ci-dessus, le livre manuscrit de Charles Perrault (1674) sur le labyrinthe, exemplaire personnel de Louis XIV. A gauche, un superbe ouvrage de 1566 des fables d'Esope. Ci-dessous, les Fables de la Fontaine dans une édition de 1755-1759.






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19 comments:

  1. William Kendall14/11/13 02:38

    That's the sort of event I'd love to attend. Beautiful details just from these pictures in the books.

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  2. Randy14/11/13 03:18

    Nice typography.

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  3. Anonymous14/11/13 09:32

    Love the illustrations too, wonderful looking books.

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  4. Dina14/11/13 09:32

    Great to see such old and beautiful books. May they live on.

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  5. Bergson14/11/13 09:36

    innestimable

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  6. Tanya Breese14/11/13 12:56

    wow, that's incredible that these books have lasted so long!

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  7. Cezar and Léia14/11/13 12:59

    I love the historical book, so precious!Love your first image as well, it's beautiful!
    A very interesting exhibition, I would like to visit.
    Léia

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  8. Chattahoochee Valley Daily14/11/13 13:28

    Wonderful collection.

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  9. Kate14/11/13 14:07

    Beautiful illustrations. Such gorgeous visuals!

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  10. Anonymous14/11/13 15:14

    They are in amazing condition for their age!

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  11. VP14/11/13 16:20

    They are amazing and perfectly kept!

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  12. Stuart14/11/13 19:23

    Those are fantastic. The labor costs that went into producing these works could never be replicated in today's economies. Now, these would have to be on a web site... with advertising.

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  13. Wayne14/11/13 20:58

    This is amazing!! 1566??!!

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  14. RedPat14/11/13 21:26

    They are so lovely! I doubt any ereader will be around in 450 years.

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  15. Bob Crowe15/11/13 03:55

    I could in theory read these on my iPad, but I'd lose all the pleasure of the touch and smell.

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  16. Gunn15/11/13 12:08

    Fantastic !

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  17. EG CameraGirl15/11/13 16:36

    The illustrations are magical.

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  18. Jack16/11/13 01:58

    Old books are true works of art, aren't they?

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  19. PerthDailyPhoto16/11/13 16:33

    Precious volumes Ciel.. hard to imagine their story oui!

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