Trente-deux Fables de J. de La Fontaine

Title

en_US Trente-deux Fables de J. de La Fontaine

Description

en_US Language note: French

en_US #776 of 980

Date

2016-12-01T20:16:38Z

en_US 2016-06

en_US 1944

Date Available

2016-12-01T20:16:38Z

Date Issued

en_US 1944

Abstract

en_US Earlier I had found a hardbound copy of this book, complete with a design of three masks on its cover and a ribbon inside. Now I have found this paperbound version, also numbered. As I wrote then, this is a wonderful book! I feel lucky that it has fallen into my hands. Pierre Varenne in his preface speaks of the most French of the poets helping people "to forget the gloomy faces of today." Thirty-two artists of this group selected each a fable of La Fontaine, and each created two images then for the fable. The styles are varied and distinctive. Let me choose nine pairs of images from the thirty-two. I find these particularly good: "Les Voleurs et l'Ane" (5-6); "La Mort et le Boucheron" (7-8); "Les Membres et l'Estomac" (13-14); "Le Lion abattu par l'Homme" (17-18); FG (19-20); "La Vieille et les deux Servantes" (25-26); TB (35-36); MM (47-48); "Le Curé et le Mort" (49-50). This book is a treasure! #776 of 980 numbered copies.

Identifier

en_US 10984 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/107714

Language

en_US fre

Publisher

en_US Éditions Musy Frères

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