Fables de Florian -- illustrées de 72 gravures

Title

en_US Fables de Florian -- illustrées de 72 gravures

Description

en_US Language note: French

Florian; Notes by H. de Suckau

Creator

en_US De Suckau Florian, H. See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Freeman, W.H.

Date

2022-11-07T16:11:42Z

2021-01

en_US 1870

Date Available

2022-11-07T16:11:42Z

Date Issued

en_US 1870

Abstract

en_US This may be our Florian with the prettiest covers and spine. The front cover features “The Hare and the Duck” under Florian’s portrait, the back cover “The Ant and the Butterfly.” The spine claims “75 illustrations” while the title-page claims more accurately that there are 72. Twelve of those are full-page intercalated illustrations by Phillippoteaux, who is otherwise unknown in this collection. Two good examples are “The Blind Man and the Lame Man” (facing 57) and “Colas’ Flock” (facing 70). The latter is about the sad shepherd, who could lead his dogs and rams across the raging stream but lost lots of the younger sheep in the effort. The other 60 are partial-page illustrations by Freeman offering, as Bodemann points out, familiar animal presentations. Good examples are “Two Travellers” (37) and “The Child and the Kangaroos” (62). The book includes 47 additional fables by La Motte-Houdart and 51 from l’Abbé Aubert.

Identifier

en_US 346

en_US 12571 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/138789

Language

en_US fre

Publisher

en_US Bernardin-Béchet et Fils

en_US Paris

Subject

Florian See all items with this value