Fables Choisies Mises en Vers par M. de la Fontaine avec la Vie d'Esope, Tome Second

Title

en_US Fables Choisies Mises en Vers par M. de la Fontaine avec la Vie d'Esope, Tome Second

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Language note: French

en_US Nouvelle edition

Contributor

en_US Chauveau, François

Date

2025-05-20T17:10:01Z

2023-07

en_US 1729

Date Available

2025-05-20T17:10:01Z

Date Issued

en_US 1729

Abstract

en_US Bodemann 77.12. Here is the second volume so long sought for after first finding the third volume nineteen years ago. This volume covers Books V-IX. Bodemann's comment indicates that this edition is one of many that copied Chauveau's illustrations from the first edition of La Fontaine's fables. There is a T of C for this volume at the beginning. There is a new page for each new fable and an illustration for each fable or for those that La Fontaine himself already paired. Though this work copies Chauveau, I find these illustrations often more distinct and dramatic. At 3" x 2½", they are also often larger than Chauveau's original work. As in the first volume, each illustration includes both the page and the number of the fable in its book. Particularly good illustrations include 2P (V2, 7); TB (V 20, 47); "Horse and Ass" (VI 16, 88); "Coach and Fly" (VII 8, 135); "The Pig, Goat, and Sheep" (VIII 12, 207); "Horoscope" (VIII 16, 221); and "Cat and Fox" (IX 14, 305). On 178, the lion actually wears the skin of the skinned wolf! 335 pages.

Identifier

en_US 77.12

en_US 13397 (Access ID)

uri

https://cdr.creighton.edu/handle/10504/157764

Language

en_US fre

Publisher

en_US La Compagnie des Libraires; L'Imprimerie de Pierre Prault

en_US Paris

Subject

La Fontaine See all items with this value