Fables de Florian, Suivies de Tobie et de Ruth

Title

en_US Fables de Florian, Suivies de Tobie et de Ruth

Description

en_US Language note: French

en_US Premier tirage

Florian

Creator

en_US Florian See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Grandville, J.J.

en_US Stahl, P.J.

Date

2020-01-23T17:38:50Z

2019-06

en_US 1842

Date Available

2020-01-23T17:38:50Z

Date Issued

en_US 1842

Abstract

en_US This book's texts and illustrations are identical with those in another copy from the same publisher at the same time. It appears to be another version of the first printing of Florian's fables illustrated by Grandville and published by Dubochet. The key difference in the two books is the size of the pages, including their margins. This copy also suffers from the fact that its first two pages are loose and may have been bound – or since glued together – in a different order. I cannot complain too much, since the price here from a Paris buchinist was €440 lower than that of other copy! This copy has black leather (leatherette?) covers with gold title and decorations on the spine. The earlier copy has "cartonnage romantique de papier moiré rose, dos lisse avec le titre dans une cartouche dorée. Bel état, sans rousseurs. Rare cortonnage de l'époque, papier moiré." I will include comments I made on the earlier copy. Grandville is always a delight! There are a frontispiece, five title illustrations, and 74 other illustrations. A gem! Among my favorite illustrations from Grandville is the pre-title-page, which uses the same women represented in I, 1 for "truth" and "fable." This pre-title-page includes a whole series of masks and several mirrors, key elements in Florian's presentation of self-knowledge. Another favorite is the title-piece for Book 1, with various animals grouped around a mirror and two human faces within the mirror. Do not miss the following: "The Cat and the Mirror" (14); "The Carp and the Little Carps" (16); "The Monkey Who Shows the Magic Lantern" (68); "The Child and the Mirror" (71); "The Cat and the Sparrow" (98); "The Eagle and the Dove" (152); "The Owl and the Pigeon" (169); "The Male and Female Monkey and the Nut" (185); "The Boasting Cock" (207); "The Ass and the Flute" (222); and "The Flying Fish" (258).

Identifier

en_US 301.1

en_US 11633 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/125350

Language

en_US fre

Publisher

en_US J.-J. Dubochet et Cie

en_US Paris

Subject

en_US PQ1983.F6F3 1842b See all items with this value

Florian See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value