Les Fables d'Esope Phrygien, Avec Celles de Philelphe: Traduction Nouvelle, Vol. 1

Title

en_US Les Fables d'Esope Phrygien, Avec Celles de Philelphe: Traduction Nouvelle, Vol. 1

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Language note: French

en_US Original language: und

en_US First edition

en_US Jean-Baptiste Morvan de Bellegarde

Creator

en_US Aesop See all items with this value

Date

2016-01-25T20:10:19Z

en_US 2011-09

en_US 1708

Date Available

2016-01-25T20:10:19Z

Date Issued

en_US 1708

Abstract

en_US Enrichie de Discours Moraux & Historique, & de Quatrains à la fin de chaque Discours. In fact, these moral discourses are a feature of this lovely little (4 x 6¼) book. The discourses can run to several pages of ruminations on the fables. Each of the seventy-eight fables in this first volume has an excellent copper etching. Bodemann #97.1 points out that these go back to Baudoin. I would have seen Barlow also in their background. With the extensive introductory material, particularly the Planudes life of Aesop in 29 chapters, fables do not begin until 94. Among the finest illustrations are The Ass and the Dog (134); The Old Dog and His Master (160); FS (175); The Ass and the Horse (204); The Stag and the Horse (236); The Fox and the Wolf (270); and BW (293). One can see the imprint the printer made in putting these pictures into the page. The engraver has the common problem with lions' faces, here particularly challenging on 244. There is a tear through 267. This is one of the stars of this collection. Now I need to find the second volume. The book is split through the spine at 96.

Identifier

en_US Bodemann identifier #97.1

en_US 7528 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/82794

Language

en_US fre

Publisher

en_US Chez Pierre Mortier

en_US Amsterdam

Subject

en_US PA3855.F5 B45 1708 See all items with this value

en_US Aesop See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole