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“I like work. I like idleness. I like all that I know (very little). I like on trust all that I know not (a very great deal). I like reading, good...
Two years after illustrating the French family code, Hémard figured, why not illustrate a pharmacy manual? In 1927, his publisher, René Kieffer...
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Hémard must have loved children as he made numerous drawings of them and also illustrated, and even wrote, books specifically intended for children...
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Hémard illustrated a great number of classics of French literature, including works such as Le Malade Imaginaire (1921), Gargantua et Pantagruel (1922...
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In 1925 someone, probably Hémard or his publisher, René Kieffer, came up with the brilliant idea of publishing an illustrated version of the part of...