Fables de Florian: Edition ornée de Figures

Title

en_US Fables de Florian: Edition ornée de Figures

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Language note: French

en_US François Ricard

Creator

en_US Florian See all items with this value

Date

2016-01-25T19:50:33Z

en_US 2007-01

en_US 1810

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:50:33Z

Date Issued

en_US 1810

Abstract

en_US The eBay description mentions the rather splendid engraved plates. I find fully accurate that description of the the title-page design and the five full-page plates. The former is Fable and Truth. The latter include Les deux Voyageurs (41); La Mere, l'Enfant et les Sarigues (66); Les Singes et le Léopard (104); Le Savant et le Fermier (140); and Le Berger et le Rossignol (175). The images on 41 and 175 are particularly effective. In the former, Thomas the traveller pocketed a found purse and is now apprehended. In the latter, the shepherd pleads with the nightingale to sing on; he pays no attention to the frogs that threaten to drown out the bird's song. Is that fable on 66-69 about a kangaroo mother's pouch for her young? The key word here is sarigue. The line under the illustration for Les Singes et le Léopard makes the point that it is better not to have the noble play with the commoners, since hid beneath the softest paws are very sharp claws. 3 ½ x 5 ¾. 212 pages. AI at the back. Not in Bodemann.

Identifier

en_US 6102 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/81509

Language

en_US fre

Publisher

en_US Chez Billois Libraire

en_US Paris

Subject

en_US PQ1983.F6 F3 1810 See all items with this value

en_US Florian See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole