Fables Choisies Mises en Vers par J. de la Fontaine: Nouvelle Edition Gravée en taille-douce, Vol. III

Title

en_US Fables Choisies Mises en Vers par J. de la Fontaine: Nouvelle Edition Gravée en taille-douce, Vol. III

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Language note: French

en_US Le Texte par le Sr. Droüet

Creator

en_US de La Fontaine, Jean See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Fessard, Etienne

Date

2016-01-25T20:00:22Z

en_US 2010-04

en_US 1768

Date Available

2016-01-25T20:00:22Z

Date Issued

en_US 1768

Abstract

en_US Here is the third volume of the set of six volumes, published between 1765 and 1775. See my comments on the first volumes in 1765 and 1766. This volume contains only a T of C before it begins with The Woodcutter and Mercury, the 83rd fable in this work and the first in La Fontaine's Book V. Again, when the fables begin, pagination moves from Roman to Arabic numerals. The pagination skips the full engraved plates, which are not printed on the verso. These full-page illustrations are again presented in frames similar to those one would find around Oudry's work. Almost every fable receives three illustrations: a full-page engraving, a headpiece, and a tailpiece. Memorable illustrations include: The Horse and the Wolf (17); the tailpiece for The Doctors (26); the headpiece for The Eagle and the Owl (37); TB (42); The Stag Seeing Himself in the Water (66); and all three illustrations for Horse and Ass (80). The full illustration for 2P (5) shows Fessard's inclination to create a huge backdrop, even for a small scene. I enjoy the contrast between light with luxuriousness and dark with demand in The Old Woman and the Two Servant Girls (13). The two images of lions for The Lion Going to War (40) are particularly poorly rendered. Half-calf over five raised bands on the spine, marbled endpapers, and a page-marking ribbon.

Identifier

en_US Bodemann identifier #150.1

en_US 7051 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/82328

Language

en_US fre

Publisher

en_US Chez des Lauriers, Md. De Papiers

en_US Paris

Subject

en_US PQ1808.A1 1765 See all items with this value

en_US Jean de La Fontaine See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole