Item
20 Fables de La Fontaine
- Title
- en_US 20 Fables de La Fontaine
- Description
- en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)
- en_US Language note: French
- en_US #493 of 960 on vellum (after 40 on other paper)
- en_US Jean de La Fontaine
- Creator
- en_US de La Fontaine, Jean See all items with this value
- Contributor
- en_US Sennep, Jean
- Date
- 2016-01-25T19:58:49Z
- en_US 2009-07
- en_US 1927
- Date Available
- 2016-01-25T19:58:49Z
- Date Issued
- en_US 1927
- Abstract
- en_US Here is a serious addition to the collection. In each of the twenty instances, La Fontaine's text is matched with a contemporary full-page colored political cartoon by Jehan Sennep. These full-page cartoons are exquisitely colored and printed. There is no printing on their obverse. Among my nominees for the best of the multi-colored illustrations are FC (the German helmet is a great clue!); Le Renard et le Bouc; L'Ane Portant des Reliques; MM; Le Lion Devenu Vieux; GGE; TB; Le Coche et la Mouche; 2P (featuring an American safe!); Le Loup Devenu Berger; and TT. One can see, I am impressed by the whole book! Though pages are not numbered, the fables are introduced with a numbered title-page for each. The closing Table des Fables fortunately identifies the specific figures pictured in each cartoon. I do not know French history of the twenties well enough to identify the individuals involved, but I can certainly understand le Boche in FC! Clemenceau appears in Le Lion Devenu Vieux. After each text, there is also a tail-piece, often showing the outcome of the fable. The design showing Herriot exploding at the end of OF is delightful! Not in Bodemann.
- Identifier
- en_US 6718 (Access ID)
- Language
- en_US fre
- Publisher
- en_US Librairie de France
- en_US Paris
- Subject
- en_US NC1499.S37 V5 1927 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