La Chauve-Souris et les Deux Chats et autres fables

Title

en_US La Chauve-Souris et les Deux Chats et autres fables

en_US Contes et Fables d'Animaux 3

en_US CF 3

Description

en_US Language note: French

Creator

en_US No Author See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Illustrations de P. Latimer

Date

2016-01-25T20:03:51Z

en_US 2010-12

en_US 1978

Date Available

2016-01-25T20:03:51Z

Date Issued

en_US 1978

Abstract

en_US This is one of four twelve-page oversized (9 x 11¾) pamphlets I bought from Marie Gervais together. There seem to be two others in the series beyond these four. The illustration style is highly reminiscent of that found in several works: Les Plus Belles Fables d'Animaux, published in 1982 by Deux Coqs d'Or; El arca de las Fabulas, published in 1983 by Sigmar in 1983; and work published in English in 1979 by Falcon Books. The surprise is that the artist listed for those is Sergio Cavina, while these pamphlets are explicit in proclaiming P. Latimer as the illustrator. The bibliographical notes here mention a 1976 copyright by Falcon. Someday this mystery will be solved. Here five fables get either two or three pages each, with an abundance of clever and fine-grain illustrations. Several work off of better known fables. The Revenge of the Old Dog features a lame forgotten old dog who learns to dig up truffles and so wins his master's renewed love. The Monkey and the Giraffe has a monkey who falls on a giraffe's head and enjoys sliding down his long neck. The monkey can repay the giraffe by getting tender foliage for him from the highest branches. They become friends and enjoy each other. This story has one of the pamphlet's two best illustrations: the annoyed giraffe looks up toward the monkey who has plopped onto his head. The Donkey and the Lyre seems to embellish the standard Iriarte fable: he talks a good game about playing the lyre but cannot do it. The Eagle and the Dove puts together two fables I know. The eagle begins by offering to protect the doves from a marauding stone marten. He proceeds to carry away one dove after another, eating them as soon as each is out of sight of the others. The Bat and the Two Cats embellishes the standard fable by having the bat compliment each of the two cats on his particular strength, respectively against mice and against birds. The illustration of the pondering cat is the other outstanding illustration here.

Identifier

en_US 7132 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/82409

Language

en_US fre

Publisher

en_US Éditions des Deux Coqs d'Or

en_US Paris

Subject

en_US PZ24.2.C67 Chau 1978 See all items with this value

en_US La Fontaine in prose See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

Pamphlet