Fables de La Fontaine: Édition Illustrée

Title

en_US Fables de La Fontaine: Édition Illustrée

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Language note: French

en_US La Fontaine

Creator

en_US David, Jules See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US David, Jules

Date

2016-01-25T19:13:09Z

en_US 2003-06

en_US 1880?

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:13:09Z

Date Issued

en_US 1880

Abstract

en_US This book represents a lovely find. I feared, as so often, that I was probably purchasing something that I already had. As so often, I was wrong on that. The book is in the tradition of my two volume set of La Fontaine from 1839 illustrated by J. David. It belongs in the family represented by #287 in Bodemann. It is closest in bibliographical terms to #287.4, but it lacks Walckenaer's historical notice. Bodemann dates that edition to about 1846. This edition of mine may thus be earlier than my guess of 1880. It has an inscription of 1905 by V(oltelin) Heath in Paris, and was sold by Feret & Fils in Bordeaux. This book has moved around! It has the smell of a book that has been with other old books for a while. It features a small (2 x 3) illustration at the beginning of each book, typically signed by J. David. It also has twelve full-page engravings inserted on heavier stock, typically etched by Thompson and signed by one of the five artists mentioned on the title-page: David, Johannot, Adam, Grenier, or Schaal. These are particularly well done here. At least three of these seem to be repeaters from the work in my 1839 edition: Wolf, Mother, and Child (120); Old Woman and Two Servants (137); and TH (163). The other full-page illustrations are GA (frontispiece); Thieves and Ass (38); FS (44); MSA (77); La Fille (187); Horoscope (236); Wolf and Hunter (255); Oyster and Litigants (274); and Crow, Gazelle, Turtle, and Rat (372).

Identifier

en_US 4596 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/80251

Language

en_US fre

Publisher

en_US Henri Plon; Morizot

en_US Paris

Subject

en_US PQ1808 .A1 1880 See all items with this value

en_US Jean de La Fontaine See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole