I. Krylov: Fables

Title

en_US I. Krylov: Fables

en_US Golden Little Key/Belorussian Edition

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Language note: Russian/Belorussian

en_US Compiler and writer of endnotes Pavel Tkacher

Creator

en_US Krylov, Ivan Andreevich See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Ulanovskai͡a, O.B.

Date

2016-01-25T19:03:01Z

en_US 2000-02

en_US 1990

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:03:01Z

Date Issued

en_US 1990

Abstract

en_US Here is a good contemporary collection of 203 of Krylov's verse fables, listed in a long T of C at the back. This is preceded by three pages of short notes. Perhaps surprisingly, there is no introduction of any sort before or after the fables. After the blank front endpaper, we face these elements: a title-page, the usual colophonic material on the reverse of the title, page, and an oval portrait of a cheese-eating fox in the foreground with a crow in the background. What follows next is the two-page spread of a FC image on the left and the FC text on the right. The fables are in Krylov's order, but books and individual numbrs are not marked. There is a nice scattering of simple colored art throughout, varying from full-page illustrations to two-inch headpieces to simple designs, especially as tailpieces. There are several repeat illustrations among the smaller ones, especially weeping pikes and weeping birds. It is worth searching for the full-page illustrations, since there is so much going on in them. For a starter, enjoy the full-page Cat and Cook illustration on 69. Other good full-page illustrations include Lion and Leopard (35), Gadfly and Ant (49), Sammy's Coat (93), Fox as Architect (132), Mice in Council (163), BF (189), Wild Goats (213), and A Great Lord (223). It is not easy to find the full-page illustrations here, because they are done on the same cheap paper that is used for the texts. Among the better headpieces are The Village Band (7), The Flowers (98), The Elephant in Favor (126), and WC (146). The best among the small colored symbols at the end of a fable are the soup design at the end of Crow and Fowl (9); the horn-blowing gnat (71); wood, saw, nails and axe (133); and Kitten and Starling (186). The artist works hard to get the two eyes of almost every creature illustrated. Cheap paper hurts the quality of the illustrations.

Identifier

en_US 5788003466

en_US 4162 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/79484

Language

en_US rus

Publisher

en_US "I͡Unat͡stva"

en_US Minsk

Subject

en_US PG3337.K7 B3 1990 See all items with this value

en_US Ivan Krylov See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole