Fables de la Fontaine dédiées a la Jeunesse, Tome I

Title

en_US Fables de la Fontaine dédiées a la Jeunesse, Tome I

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Language note: French

Avec Un nouveau Commentaire par Coste

Creator

en_US Coste, M. See all items with this value

Date

2019-01-28T20:29:54Z

2017-12

en_US 1803

Date Available

2019-01-28T20:29:54Z

Date Issued

en_US 1803

Abstract

en_US The collection has a copy of this Volume 1 from the first edition in 1801. Now here is a copy of Volume 1 in the second edition from 1803. I have found at least one correction that was made for this second edition. The error corrected was noted in Bodemann and in my comment on the first edition. After this first volume of the second edition finishes its appropriate material on 297, what follows is a table of contents, which should be paginated, as it is here, 300-306. In the first edition it is paginated 200-206! I have not searched for other discrepancies. As I wrote about the first edition, Coste's commentary had been used in several editions prior to this one. See my entries for 1790 and 1793, for example. Bodemann places the first Coste edition in 1743. Yes, the frontispiece is after Oudry, but the Aesop figure is more misshapen, and the lion has a more human face. The book is small to start with (4" x 6¾"), and so the illustrations, which come three to a page, are quite small. The entry notes the lack of background in the outdoor scenes. The illustrations are described as presenting "Darstellung durch feine, genaue Zeichnungen der Personen und Tiere mit überzeichneter Mimik und Gestik." Good examples are BC (139); "Le Lion et le Moucheron" and SS (148); "Le Singe et le Dauphin" (213); FWT (237); GGE (258); and DS (286). This copy is in fair to good condition.

Identifier

en_US cf. 191

en_US 11480 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/121255

Language

en_US fre

Publisher

en_US Chez Le Prieur

en_US Paris