Item
Fables de La Fontaine, Vols. III and IV
- Title
- en_US Fables de La Fontaine, Vols. III and IV
- Description
- en_US Language note: French
- Jean de La Fontaine
- Creator
- en_US La Fontaine, Jean de See all items with this value
- Date
- 2022-11-07T17:45:09Z
- 2022-10
- en_US 1820
- Date Available
- 2022-11-07T17:45:09Z
- Date Issued
- en_US 1820
- Abstract
- en_US This is a fascinating little book for several reasons. A first reason is that it is interiorly a lovely addition to the collection, with a total of 17 full-page illustrations. Secondly, it is poorly reconstructed. Its spine is even upside down! Thirdly, it fits in a curious way with a book already in the collection. In 2019 I found a book on World of Books through Ebay that seems to be a derivative of the first two volumes of the set for which this present book contains the last two volumes. The present book matches Bodemann's description of #238 perfectly. Her description is accurate: "Feine, nahezu wissenschaftlich exakte Tierzeichnungen, doch mit eher menschlichen Physiognomien; oft ungwöhnliche Konfiguration der kulissenbildenden Tier- und Pflanzenwelt. Verquickung mit tropischen Arten. Kontrastreiche Schattierungen ähnlich wie in den Stichen von Simon und Coiny."
- Identifier
- en_US 238
- en_US 13199 (Access ID)
- Language
- en_US fre
- Publisher
- en_US A. Nepveu, Libraire
- en_US Paris
- Subject
- Jean de La Fontaine See all items with this value
- Item sets
- Carlson Fable Collection Books