1989; Harry N. Abrams publishers, New York; large hardbound; very good condition with unmarked pages; dust jacket very good; wonderful illustrations.
 
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A history of the world-renowned Babar the Elephant includes 312 illustrations that depict how the legacy of the pachyderm prince was created by French painter Jean de Brunhoff and continued by his son, Laurent.  His tales translated into 17 languages, Babar the elephant fled the jungle and entered Western civilization in 1931 in a book by the de Brunhoffs.