Item
Fables de La Fontaine avec de nouvelles Gravures exécutées en Relief
- Title
- en_US Fables de La Fontaine avec de nouvelles Gravures exécutées en Relief
- Description
- en_US Language note: French
- en_US by Pierre de Saint-Cloud and retold for this edition by Diz Wallis
- Creator
- en_US de La Fontaine, Jean See all items with this value
- Date
- 2016-01-25T19:01:51Z
- en_US 2001-08
- en_US 1836
- Date Available
- 2016-01-25T19:01:51Z
- Date Issued
- en_US 1836
- Abstract
- en_US There are several remarkable things about this little (3½ x 5¾) paperbound book. First, it has survived 165 years! Secondly, it seems to claim different publishing houses and places of publication between the cover (Paris: Chez Lebigre Frères, Libraires) and the title-page (Limoges: Barbou, Imprimeur-Libraire). The illustrations are simple but effective, starting with the unusual landscape-formatted frontispiece of a man reflecting out in nature. Perhaps somewhere between one-third and one-half of the fables are illustrated. As the title-page points out, this is one of those editions that highlights the moral of the fable--wherever it might be found in the fable--with italics. Pages 11-14 are missing.
- Identifier
- en_US 3914 (Access ID)
- Language
- en_US fre
- Publisher
- en_US Chez Lebigre Frères, Libraires; Barbou, Imprimeur-Libraire
- en_US Paris
- Subject
- en_US PQ1808 .A1 1836 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
- Item sets
- Carlson Fable Collection Books