Item
Fables de La Fontaine
- Title
- en_US Fables de La Fontaine
- Description
- en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)
- en_US Language note: French
- en_US LaFontaine
- Creator
- en_US de La Fontaine, Jean See all items with this value
- Contributor
- en_US Doré, Gustave
- Date
- 2016-01-25T15:23:51Z
- en_US 1991-09
- en_US 1868
- Date Available
- 2016-01-25T15:23:51Z
- Date Issued
- en_US 1868
- Abstract
- en_US My best Doré. A huge and heavy book. A wonderful showpiece for the eighty-four full-page wood engravings; the many head and tail pieces come out unusually distinctly here too. The spine has been nicely reconstructed. Doré is still not my favorite LaFontaine illustrator, but this is an example of great work! To help in understanding the place this edition may have in the early printings of the work, consult Justin Schiller's Realms of Childhood, 149. A first deluxe edition came out in 1867, 2 volumes, printed in red and black inks on high quality China paper, with red borders. The same work was also issued in 58 weekly fascicles on lower quality paper. I take it that this edition of mine thus stands third in line.
- Identifier
- en_US 1058 (Access ID)
- Language
- en_US fre
- Publisher
- en_US Hachette
- en_US Paris
- Subject
- en_US PQ1808.A1 1868b See all items with this value
- en_US Jean de La Fontaine See all items with this value
- Type
- en_US Book, Whole
- Item sets
- Carlson Fable Collection Books