Fables de La Fontaine

Title

en_US Fables de La Fontaine

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Language note: French

en_US M. Félix LeMaistre

Creator

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

Contributor

en_US Staal

Date

2016-01-25T20:04:04Z

en_US 2011-04

en_US 1885

Date Available

2016-01-25T20:04:04Z

Date Issued

en_US 1885

Abstract

en_US This book seems identical with two others for which I guessed a date of 1910. I will include comments on made on them. Here the printer's acknowledgement at the bottom of the final page is Paris.--A. Quantin Imprimeur, 7, rue Saint-Benoit. [1053]. Full text of the fables. There are several illustrations per book. Most are smaller replications of Grandville; I believe that one can generally start to catch the difference from Grandville by watching how much is included around the edges. Grandville's larger scenes included more detail. Six of the illustrations are simply different from Grandville's: LM (II 12), The Ass and the Dog (IV 5), The Doctors (V 12), MM (VII 10), The Cobbler and the Financier (VIII 2), and The Old Man and the Three Young Men (XI 8). On some I cannot find Staal's signature. All but two of these (IV 5 and V 12) are signed, sometimes along with Staal, by an Emouard. There is an AI at the back. Half-leather. Marbled endpapers. This book is in very good condition. Besides that, it turned out to be a real bargain!

Identifier

en_US 7165 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/82442

Language

en_US fre

Publisher

en_US Garnier Freres

en_US Paris

Subject

en_US PQ1808.A1 1885b 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