Fables de La Fontaine avec un nouveau Commentaire, Tome Second

Title

en_US Fables de La Fontaine avec un nouveau Commentaire, Tome Second

Description

en_US Language note: French

en_US Nouvelle edition

Jean de La Fontaine; (Pierre) Coste

Creator

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

Date

2022-11-07T16:11:35Z

2020-11

en_US 1804

Date Available

2022-11-07T16:11:35Z

Date Issued

en_US 1804

Abstract

en_US This volume begins at the beginning of Book VIII after a full-page frontispiece of La Fontaine seated in the midst of animals. 106 illustrations, one at the beginning of each fable. Bodemann notes that only this Volume II was available to her team. As their description notes, there are also frequent endpieces, done in different styles from the framed illustrations preceding each fable. Bodemann's comment is accurate: "Technik und Bildausstattung sehr schlicht, offenbar für einen populären Massendruck (Druckstöcke stark abgenutzt)." For a dramatic view of "skinning a wolf," see VIII.3 on 10. And for a failed lion-face, see VIII.14 on 34. There seem to be two styles of fable illustrations. Most have an open background within the image. Some fill in the background and are quite dark in this copy (e.g., VIII.20 on 49 and IX.8 on 85). One of the best illustrations is "The Cat and the Fox" (IX.14 on 97). There is a T of C for this volume at the end. 4" x 6¾".

Identifier

en_US 199.1

en_US 12492 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/138736

Language

en_US fre

Publisher

en_US J. Ayné

en_US Lyon

Subject

Jean de La Fontaine See all items with this value