Fables: Jean de La Fontaine

Title

en_US Fables: Jean de La Fontaine

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Language note: French

en_US Jean de La Fontaine

Creator

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

Contributor

en_US Various

Date

2016-01-25T20:35:24Z

en_US 2012-08

en_US 2008

Date Available

2016-01-25T20:35:24Z

Date Issued

en_US 2008

Abstract

en_US This lovely volume is related to a smaller volume done by Chêne two years earlier. Both combine all of La Fontaine's texts with a wonderful variety of classic illustrations. That book was small in format -- about 4½ x 6¼ with 472 pages -- and this one is quite a bit larger, about 8½ x 11 with 262 pages. Though many of the same artists appear, this volume seems to have its own selection of their best work. The great artists and groups that do appear include these: Barboutau, Bofa, Bon Marché, Chagall, Christophe, de la Nézière, Doré, Épinal, Gellibert, Grandville, Jaba, Jankowski, Jeanjean, Lorioux, Loto des Fables, Moreau, Noble, Oudry, Pautoberge, Rackham, Rapeño, and Vimar. The most frequently used include Bon Marché, de la Nézière, Grandville, Rapeño, and Vimar. New to me and excellent are Christophe (e.g., 25, 26-27, 35, 111, 125) and Jeanjean (e.g., 58, 139). A first beautiful look is the title-page by Jeanjean in the midst of the preface. The larger format allows for excellent reproductions, often without borders and sometimes spread across two pages. Each book's title-page arrays illustrations across the top of two pages and begins texts immediately on the lower halves of the first two pages. The book is again very solidly put together and beautifully printed. And it was on sale! This book would be a great place to start for anyone interested in the history of illustration of La Fontaine.

Identifier

en_US 9782842775681

en_US 8822 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/84034

Language

en_US fre

Publisher

en_US Éditions du Chêne: Hachette Livre

en_US Paris

Subject

en_US PQ1808 .A1 2006 See all items with this value

en_US Jean de La Fontaine See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole