Fables Mise en Verse, Jean de La Fontaine; Estampes Jean-Baptiste Oudry, Peintre du Roi, Tome Second

Title

en_US Fables Mise en Verse, Jean de La Fontaine; Estampes Jean-Baptiste Oudry, Peintre du Roi, Tome Second

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Language note: French

en_US Boxed

en_US Diane de Selliers

Creator

en_US Bosquet, Françoise See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Wolff, Etienne (Essayist)

Date

2016-01-25T19:27:29Z

en_US 2002-08

en_US 1992

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:27:29Z

Date Issued

en_US 1992

Abstract

en_US Here is Volume Two of an impressive two-volume work presenting all (?) of the illustrations of the Desaint & Saillant et Durand four-volumes of La Fontaine that appeared between 1755 to 1759. See my comments on Volume One for reactions to the project as a whole. Among illustrations that may have lost detail through the use of color, one might want to look at CXXXII (27), CLI (71), CLXIII (97), and CLXXXI (139). Are elephants' ears really that red inside (82 and 271)? Particularly lovely illustrations are CXLIV (55), CLXXXII (141), CCX (206), CCXXIII (245), and CCXLIII 2 (301). This volume confused me at several points. First, I cannot find one beloved illustration: CLXXXIX 2 (Les Deux Rats, le Renard et l'Oeuf). Further, two distinct fables titled Le Loup et le Renard are pictured together on 206 and 207, namely CCX (Book 11, Fable 6) and CCXXII (Book 12, Fable 9). Finally, several illustrations that would normally occur here have been pulled out of sequence and are offered between pages 10 and 38 of Volume One: CCXXVIII 2 (Le Corbeau, la Gazelle, la Tortue et le Rat); CLXXXII 2 (Jupiter et le Passager); and CLXXII 2 (Le Singe et le Léopard). There is a T of C at the back and a ribbon. The covers are plain red cloth but the box features two colored illustrations. I had to think hard about whether a derivative edition like this was worth $350. Two months after deciding yes, I was able, to my immense surprise, to obtain an original 1755-1759 edition. Six months after that I was able to purchase a second copy of de Selliers' work for just $50 on eBay. This subsequent copy has numerous pencil marks below illustrations, perhaps referring to a catalogue of the plates.

Identifier

en_US 4780 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/80404

Language

en_US fre

Publisher

en_US Diane de Selliers

en_US Paris

Subject

en_US PQ1808.A1 1992b See all items with this value

en_US Jean de La Fontaine See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole