Fables Choisies Mises en Vers par J. de la Fontaine: Nouvelle Edition Gravée en taille-douce, Vol. III

Title

en_US Fables Choisies Mises en Vers par J. de la Fontaine: Nouvelle Edition Gravée en taille-douce, Vol. III

Description

en_US Language note: French

Le Texte par le Sr. Droüet

Creator

en_US Sr. Droüet See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Fessard, Etienne

Date

2020-01-23T17:38:53Z

2019-05

en_US 1768

Date Available

2020-01-23T17:38:53Z

Date Issued

en_US 1768

Abstract

en_US Here is a particularly curious unbound publication. I am delighted to find it for comparison with the hardbound copy printed by des Lauriers and given to us by Frank Griswold. The differences include, besides the publisher's name, that this copy has "privilege of the king" and a date on its title-page. A further curiosity of this copy is that it has an overall price written in pencil on its first inside page: €60. I was surprised to find that individual pages and illustrations also have prices inside, generally €5 or €10. Noticing that fact led me to notice that no less than 25 of the 42 full-page illustrations are missing. They had been sold off individually! I will include comments from the hardbound copy. This volume contains a T of C on its sleeve, beginning with "The Woodcutter and Mercury," the 83rd fable in this work and the first in La Fontaine's Book V. It finishes with Fable 124, "The Young Widow." The pagination skips the full engraved plates, which are not printed on the verso. These full-page illustrations are presented in frames similar to those one would find around Oudry's work. Memorable illustrations include: the tailpiece for "The Doctors" (26); the headpiece for "The Eagle and the Owl" (37); "The Stag Seeing Himself in the Water" (66); and the headpiece and tailpiece for "Horse and Ass" (80). The full illustration for 2P (5) shows Fessard's inclination to create a huge backdrop, even for a small scene.

Identifier

en_US 150.1

en_US 11653 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/125370

Language

en_US fre

Publisher

en_US Chez Fessard

en_US Paris

Subject

Jean de la Fontaine See all items with this value