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 La Fontaine

Creator

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

Contributor

en_US Rapeño, Armand

Date

2016-01-25T19:54:44Z

en_US 2008-07

en_US 1947

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:54:44Z

Date Issued

en_US 1947

Abstract

en_US Here is a second first edition copy of Rapeño's work from 1947 with exactly the same numbers on the obverse of the title-page, but with a different cover. Here the cover shows the tortoise passing the negligent hare. This copy cost over ten times what the other copy cost! I will repeat some of my remarks from that edition. I mentioned there that I thought I already had the book. Now that turned out to be true, but I certainly thought it again. The tilde in Rapeño's name is causing me some problems, but it also brings me lovely books. I noticed that Rapeño was one of the most frequently used artists in a recent favorite featuring all sorts of artists on La Fontaine. There are eighteen fables in this oversize book. The first and last of the eighteen have three pages. All others have two, and the layout of these two pages is formulaic. On the left page is a title and La Fontaine's text. The right page is a full page of color illustration without border signed Rapeño. The style of these seems to me to suggest the illustrations of someone like Milo Winter. Perhaps the most interesting of them has the reflection of the stag growing right out of the small point of land on which he stands. OF is a very strong visualization of the scene. In this copy, GA, TMCM, WC, TT, FS, FG, and Le Héron are particularly well printed.

Identifier

en_US 6475 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/81798

Language

en_US fre

Publisher

en_US Éditions Albin Michel

en_US Vanves, France

Subject

en_US PZ24.2.L3 Fab 1947a 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