{"product_id":"the-letters-i-and-j-abc-de-babar-jean-de-brunhoff-babar-print","title":"The Letters I and J · ABC de Babar · Jean de Brunhoff Babar Print","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Letters I and J\u003c\/strong\u003e - a page from Jean de Brunhoff's ABC de Babar, 1934.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrinted whole as the double-page spread it was drawn for, capitals, script and Célesteville scene together.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eABC de Babar, published in 1934, gives each letter a spread of its own: a busy scene in Célesteville, the elephants' city, in which every object whose name begins with that letter is waiting to be found. The letters are drawn in a tall classic roman and an elegant script, so each page reads as a picture and a piece of typography at once.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJean de Brunhoff (1899-1937) was a Paris painter who invented Babar from a bedtime story his wife Cécile told their two young sons. He painted the first book, Histoire de Babar, in 1931, and six more followed, the last two published after his death at 37. Printed large, in the generous album format he chose, with his own handwriting in place of type, they became some of the best-loved picture books ever made.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReproduced from a high-resolution scan of an original page, with Brunhoff's colours left exactly as they were printed and nothing redrawn. Made to order on heavyweight cotton-fibre archival paper and sold at a single size, mounted with an equal border all round and framed in-house.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Babar","offers":[{"title":"31cm x 46cm","offer_id":55497845604693,"sku":"BABAR021-M-46X31","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0886\/6414\/6261\/files\/gallery-0_04d94555-3edb-4314-82d7-9cf89f816f57.jpg?v=1792839553","url":"https:\/\/theposteredit.com\/en-us\/products\/the-letters-i-and-j-abc-de-babar-jean-de-brunhoff-babar-print","provider":"The Poster Edit","version":"1.0","type":"link"}