Fables Inédites des XIIe, XIIIe et XIVe Siècles et Fables de la Fontaine

Title

en_US Fables Inédites des XIIe, XIIIe et XIVe Siècles et Fables de la Fontaine

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Language note: French

en_US A.C.M. Robert

Creator

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

Contributor

en_US Legrand, Paul

Date

2016-01-25T15:23:28Z

en_US 1991-05

en_US 1825

Date Available

2016-01-25T15:23:28Z

Date Issued

en_US 1825

Abstract

en_US A treasurehouse in a volume in surprisingly good condition. Robert's claim is to have collected, with each LaFontaine fable, the Greek, Latin, French, Italian, Spanish, German, English, Dutch, and Oriental treatments of the same matter done before LaFontaine. Volume I offers thirty-two careful engravings from Ysopet I and seven from Ysopet-Avionnet, with four inferior examples from Ysopet II for contrast--all rendered by Paul Legrand from the fourteenth-century manuscripts. The illustrations are indexed on ix. The best of them: Renard and Corbel (Pl. 1), OF (2), TMCM (7), The Oak and the Reeds (11), The Monkey Judge (14), The Hares and the Frogs (18), The Old Lion (23), The Ass and the Lapdog (25), FM (27), The Fox and the Painted Head (29), The Horse and the Lion (35; do not miss 35 bis from Ysopet II), and The Monkey Mother (38). The volume begins with a long essay on LaFontaine's predecessors (xiii-ccxl). A labor of love!

Identifier

en_US 981 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/75769

Language

en_US fre

Publisher

en_US Etienne Cabin

en_US Paris

Subject

en_US PQ1808.A3 R6 1825 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