Les Fables de La Fontaine: Gravures sur Bois

Title

en_US Les Fables de La Fontaine: Gravures sur Bois

en_US Lignes et Formes

Description

en_US Language note: French

en_US Jean de La Fontaine

Creator

en_US La Fontaine, Jean de See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Lemarié, Henry

Date

2017-05-15T20:34:04Z

en_US 2016-08

en_US 1966

Date Available

2017-05-15T20:34:04Z

Date Issued

en_US 1966

Abstract

en_US Five years ago I bought Henry Lemarié's magnificent set of three volumes of La Fontaine's fables. They came to my attention again this past semester as the student scouts for the upcoming exhibits of the collection were taken with his work. It is small but so exacting! Now I have come across this 32-page pamphlet that offers 52 of his illustrations. Important information on the cover is blacked out. My best estimate is that it is a piece of advertising for those three volumes. I find it unusual in that it offers not a few sample illustrations but such a high number of them. Though not done with the care of the three volume set, the illustrations here suggest the minute care that Lemarié put into the accomplishment of his work. Consider, for example, the individual sticks of wood that stick out from the bundle in the cover illustration. Lemarié died in 1991 and was apparently the acknowledged master of wood engraving. I feel so fortunate to have added a copy of that three volume set to the collection!

Identifier

en_US cf. 504.1

en_US 11208 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/113050

Language

en_US fre

Publisher

en_US Les Editions d'Art Les Heures Claires

en_US Paris

Subject

en_US Jean de La Fontaine See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole