Fables Choisies Mises en Vers par J. de la Fontaine: Nouvelle Edition Gravée en taille-douce, Vol. II

Title

en_US Fables Choisies Mises en Vers par J. de la Fontaine: Nouvelle Edition Gravée en taille-douce, Vol. II

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Language note: French

en_US Le Texte par le Sr. Montulay

Creator

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

Contributor

en_US Fessard, Etienne

Date

2016-01-25T20:00:21Z

en_US 2010-04

en_US 1766

Date Available

2016-01-25T20:00:21Z

Date Issued

en_US 1766

Abstract

en_US Here is the second volume of the set of six volumes, published between 1765 and 1775. See my comments on the first volume in 1765. This volume contains only a brief preface and a T of C before it begins with MSA, the 43rd fable in this work and the continuation of the fables of La Fontaine's Book III. Again, when the fables begin, pagination moves from Roman to Arabic numerals. The pagination skips the full engraved plates, which are not printed on the verso. These full-page illustrations are again presented in frames similar to those one would find around Oudry's work. Almost every fable receives three illustrations: a full-page engraving, a headpiece, and a tailpiece. Memorable illustrations include: The Members and the Stomach (6); The Lion Become Old (34); the tailpiece for The Lion in Love (48); and FM (71). FG (28) offers an excellent example of the different conceptions Fessard used for the full-page illustrations -- formal classical tableaux -- by contrast with the more supple and realistic smaller illustrations before and after the fables. The tailpiece for BF (68) pictures the copycat plagiarizing rather than a scene among the birds. Half-calf over five raised bands on the spine, marbled endpapers, and a page-marking ribbon.

Identifier

en_US Bodemann identifier #150.1

en_US 7050 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/82327

Language

en_US fre

Publisher

en_US Chez des Lauriers, Md. De Papiers

en_US Paris

Subject

en_US PQ1808.A1 1765 See all items with this value

en_US Jean de La Fontaine See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole