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Introduction In 1895 Octave Uzanne and Albert Robida published, in France, Contes pour les Bibliophiles ("Stories for Bibliophiles"). The eleven stories in Contes, all revolving around books (or at least printing) are interesting, bizarre, weird... one could go on in true Fanthorpian fashion. But even better than the stories are the illustrations by Albert Robida. Robida was born in 1848 and died in 1926. During his lifetime he reportedly drew 60,000 pictures and wrote and/or illust