Fables de la Fontaine, Album No. 2

Title

en_US Fables de la Fontaine, Album No. 2

en_US Imagerie Nouvelle

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Language note: French

en_US LaFontaine

Creator

en_US No Author See all items with this value

Date

2016-01-25T16:49:09Z

en_US 1999-08

en_US 1910?

Date Available

2016-01-25T16:49:09Z

Date Issued

en_US 1910

Abstract

en_US This oversized book that staples together twenty posters seems to me to be a poor man's Pellerin. Each Planche is numbered, from 21 through 40. There is a good deal of crayoning evident in the book, on the backs of some pages and even on the front. By comparison with the work of Pellerin and Quantin, the designs are simple, even rudimentary. TB (Planche No 25) presents a scene that could not have happened, with the bear just behind one running man while the other stands nearby and looks on. (A tear in this page has been repaired.) One of the best images is wisely taken for the cover: L'Enfant et le Maitre d'École (Planche No 28). The killing-of-the-chicken scene on the following poster is humorous. It gives Le Chat, le Cochet et le Souriceau (Planche No 30) new meaning to dress the animals up and to give the cat a dish full of bonbons! Another of the book's best images is that of the old cat lying on the top shelf of a cupboard, while rat-children climb up onto the cupboard and an old rat with glasses looks at us and points to what is happening (Planche No 35). A fine addition to L'Ours et l'Amateur des Jardins (Planche No 36) is their formal photograph together! This book is in fair condition at best.

Identifier

en_US 3476 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/78845

Language

en_US fre

Publisher

en_US Imagerie de Pont-à-Mousson, Marcel Vagné et ses Fils, Imprimeurs-Éditeurs

en_US Pont-à-Mousson

Subject

en_US PZ24.2.L3 Fabl See all items with this value

en_US Jean de La Fontaine See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole