A Mes Enfants: Fables de La Fontaine, Suivies de Maximes et de Pensées

Title

en_US A Mes Enfants: Fables de La Fontaine, Suivies de Maximes et de Pensées

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Language note: French

en_US Th. Dubois

Creator

en_US Dubois, Thomas See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Ménétrier, F.

Date

2018-03-05T17:13:57Z

en_US 2017-08

en_US 1900?

Date Available

2018-03-05T17:13:57Z

Date Issued

en_US 1900

Abstract

en_US I am surprised that neither I nor Bodemann had heard of this edition. Some searching on the web found a copy with binding similar to ours selling for €120. Its description is helpful: "dans une elegante reliure d'epoque 1/2 chagrin noir, dos lisse orne d'un decor romantique dore, titre et tete dores, couverture illustree en couleurs et dos conserves. illustre d'un portrait de la fontaine en frontispice et 450 figures dans le texte." The special character of this edition lies in its six or so maxims and aphorisms added from various authors at the end of each fable and in its illustrations. The latter include a frame around each page, an introductory illustration for each fable and an endpiece for every fable. The smaller endpieces are sometimes more revealing and evocative than the introductory illustrations. Consider, for example, the collar at the end of DW (40) and the mace at the end of LS (42). Some introductory illustrations are more creative, like the anthropomorphized fox and crow (33). Ménétrier's fox in FG on 135 catches La Fontaine's sense of this fox perfectly. The bear looks down on his gardener friend on 333 with the huge rock in his paws. Still, most of the illustrations seem derivative to me. This heavy book prompted me to ask the bookshop to ship to me the haul of books I found in their store this time.

Identifier

en_US 11221 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/117093

Language

en_US fre

Publisher

en_US Librairie Gedalge

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