Books: Fantasy

The cover of this french book gives the title as Fantasy but the titlepage says Fantasy Art & Techniques. It is the french version of Fantasy Art Techniques and, apart from having french text, is almost identical to its english counterpart. The differences are as follows:

• There are no illustrations before page 10 so Alone (titlepage) and the Green Dragon ('Contents' page) are missing.
• On page 71 Scarecrow Angel has been replaced by Sagittarius, the Archer.
• Captions have been translated to french apart from any english titles plus they may be on/in a different page/position compared to the original.
• Although the book is larger than before this is due to the use of wider borders – the illustrations are the same size.
• Previously borderless plates now have a black border on all four sides. This is an advantage because the inner edge no longer vanishes into the book's binding making them easier to view (and, for those so inclined, to scan!)
• Due, no doubt, to improvements in technology since its first publication, this edition uses a finer halftone screen than the 1985 original resulting in better quality plates.

Once again, I have confined my attention to the paintings and preliminary artwork with a few sketches included where I deem it to be of interest.