Fables de LaFontaine

Title

en_US Fables de LaFontaine

Description

en_US Language note: French

Jean de La Fontaine

Creator

en_US La Fontaine, Jean de See all items with this value

Date

2022-11-07T16:11:37Z

2021-01

en_US 1896?

Date Available

2022-11-07T16:11:37Z

Date Issued

en_US 1896

Abstract

en_US "Illustrées de 8 magnifiques chromos et de 20 gravures noires." This oversized book (8½" x 11¾") surprises me. It offers six very nice chromolithographs internally besides the frontispiece ("The Angler and Little Fish") and the front cover (WL). While many early sets of chromolithographs seem to have traveled widely, I believe that this book presents the first time that I have seen these. They are well done and very well preserved. The internal six are AD; "The Acorn and the Pumpkin"; "The Laborer and His Children"; GGE; "The Child and the Schoolmaster"; and MM. "The Child and the Schoolmaster" is unusual in showing the schoolmaster straining and reaching out to grasp the frightened child. This dynamic image is perhaps the best of the eight. The black-and-white illustrations tend mostly to be small panels included together in a page of six. Bernardin married the daughter of Béchet the bookseller and began using the title "Bernardin-Béchet" in 1854. He incorporated "& Fils" in 1882. So we have a terminus-post-quem for this lovely book. The firm printed books under that name until, apparently, 1935. Canvas binding. ost-quem for this lovely book. Canvas binding. Well preserved!

Identifier

en_US 12523 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/138749

Language

en_US fre

Publisher

en_US Bernardin-Béchet & Fils

en_US Paris

Subject

Jean de La Fontaine See all items with this value