Fables of La Fontaine

Title

en_US Fables of La Fontaine

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Elizur Wright, Jr.

Creator

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

Contributor

en_US Grandville, J.J.

Date

2016-01-25T15:52:50Z

en_US 1992-12

en_US 1879

Date Available

2016-01-25T15:52:50Z

Date Issued

en_US 1879

Abstract

en_US A very curious book. Compare it with my 1841 and 1860 editions of Wright's translation that use Grandville as illustrator. The surprises start when Book I's title page comes before the book's title page! The 240 or so fables are divided into books--not LaFontaine's division, which Wright followed--but they are not numbered. For some reason, first fable comes after each book-title page and before the first fable of the book, but there are no similar markings over any further fables. There are small illustrations along the way, most of them simple repeated ornaments. One wonders if these were what the printer happened to have around. Four full-page illustrations are included, and three of these (facing 128, 360, and 426) are at least derived from Grandville. The fourth, for The Wolf and the Fox (facing 276), is not Grandville's illustration for this LaFontaine fable (XI.6). There is an AI at the back of the book. My, what one finds!

Identifier

en_US 1318 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/76894

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Thomas R. Knox & Co.

en_US NY

Subject

en_US PQ1811.E3 W6 1879b See all items with this value

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