Les Fables d Esope Phrygien. Illustrées de Discours Moraux, Philosophiques, et Politiques. Nouvelle édition

Title

en_US Les Fables d Esope Phrygien. Illustrées de Discours Moraux, Philosophiques, et Politiques. Nouvelle édition

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Language note: French

J. Baudoin

Creator

en_US Baudoin, J. See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Van der Borcht, Pieter

Date

2025-05-20T17:10:38Z

2025-03

en_US 1701

Date Available

2025-05-20T17:10:38Z

Date Issued

en_US 1701

Abstract

en_US This little book, acquired from an accommodating seller for a very reasonable price, has taken me for quite a ride! Bodemann does not list it but refers to it as the source of illustrations for #97.2, a more inclusive 1709 edition by Bellegarde rather than Baudoin. The text stems from #67.3, a 1682 edition by Foppens in Brussels. This volume bears the same title as our book and recognizes Baudoin, whose work is marked by the addition of the "moral discourses." Baudoin's first edition (#67.1) was done in 1631. We do not have either the 1631 edition or Foppens' 1682 edition in our collection, but we do have his 1669 edition. And that 1669 edition of ours turns out to be remarkably similar to the present book. I am relying on it for elements of my description here. I presume that the illustrations here are either by or after Pieter van der Borcht, who worked for the famous Plantin printers in Antwerp. He here presents an engraved frontispiece and 147 vignettes in the text, each about 2” x 1½”. The frontispiece shows that great court scene I have admired so much in Sadeler. Is that Aesop delighting the children and looking out over all the animals? The beginning life of Aesop features an illustration for each of its 30 chapters. Typical fable illustrations are WL (97) and OF (210). One finds on 403 a remarkably graphic depiction of “The Greedy Man and the Envious.” Unlike that 1669 edition, our book does not restart pagination when the fables begin. 3¾" x 6". T of C at the end, after 473.

Identifier

en_US r. 97.2

en_US 13700 (Access ID)

uri

https://cdr.creighton.edu/handle/10504/158054

Language

en_US fre

Publisher

en_US Estienne Roger

en_US Amsterdam

Subject

Aesop See all items with this value