Item
Jean de la Fontaine: Fables
- Title
- en_US Jean de la Fontaine: Fables
- Description
- en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)
- en_US Language note: French
- en_US #6323 of 8000
- en_US La Fontaine
- Creator
- en_US Gouget, Emile Joseph Alexandre See all items with this value
- Contributor
- en_US Various
- Date
- 2016-01-25T16:50:29Z
- en_US 2000-09
- en_US 1960
- Date Available
- 2016-01-25T16:50:29Z
- Date Issued
- en_US 1960
- Abstract
- en_US This is, as one might expect, a spectacular volume for two things. First is the excellent binding. The original red leather has golden lettering on its pliable spine. The second curious feature lies in the pasted-in black-and-white engravings. I find it surprising that the source(s) of these is not acknowledged. Are these copies of famous illustrations of the fables? The Ape and the Dolphin is from Gouget; it is reproduced in McKendry (67). Might some or all of the others be from the same edition? I find about thirty-two illustrations after the oval frontispiece of La Fontaine. Among the best are these: The Eagle and the Owl (158), The Young Widow (184), The Coach and the Fly (204), and The Acorn and the Pumpkin (272). The illustration for The Animal in the Moon (219) is loose. The T of C at the end lists only books except for the individual fables in the appendix, but there is an AI right after it. This edition is too late for Bassy and does not appear in Bodemann.
- Identifier
- en_US 3737 (Access ID)
- Language
- en_US fre
- Publisher
- en_US La Guilde du Livre
- en_US Lausanne
- Subject
- en_US PQ1808 .A1 1960 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
- Item sets
- Carlson Fable Collection Books