Fables Choisies, Mises en Vers par J. de la Fontaine. Tome Troisieme

Title

en_US Fables Choisies, Mises en Vers par J. de la Fontaine. Tome Troisieme

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Nouvelle edition

en_US Jean de La Fontaine

Creator

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

Date

2016-01-25T19:49:22Z

en_US 2006-02

en_US 1792

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:49:22Z

Date Issued

en_US 1792

Abstract

en_US It pays to keep trying. I have had Volumes II and IV of this edition. Now I have filled in one of the missing two with this third volume. Bodemann #135.10. She calls it a changed reproduction of an edition going back to 1759 in Paris. See my comments also on the fourth volume. This volume covers Books VII through IX, as the closing T of C points out. For every fable, there is an interpaginated full-page illustration. The designs of these are clearly influenced by Oudry. In them classical columns, statuary, and clouds seem ubiquitous. They are titled and numbered consecutively (rather than by book and fable). The illustrations are remarkably well preserved. Among my favorites are these: Le Rat qui s'est retiré du Monde (14), La Mort et le Mourant (51); Le Rieur et les Poissons (67); Le Rat et l'Huitre (69); Les deux Chiens et l'Ane mort (109); and La Souris metamorphosée en Fille (132). The artist does a particularly fanciful rendition of lions here. This book is a fine little treasure.

Identifier

en_US 5795 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/81283

Language

en_US fre

Publisher

en_US Chez François Lacombe Henri Vincent, Imprimeur,

en_US Lausanne

Subject

en_US PQ1808.A1 1792 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