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 Doré, Gustave See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Doré, Gustave

Date

2016-01-25T19:49:52Z

en_US 2005-08

en_US 1994

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:49:52Z

Date Issued

en_US 1994

Abstract

en_US This is a heavy large-format book of 383 pages. There is no T of C or AI. The unusual feature of this presentation of Doré's illustrations is that all are colored, both the smaller title-illustrations and the full-page illustrations. This is the first time that I can remember paying attention to the full-page illustration for La jeune Veuve (191). Cupids play around the casket of the deceased husband, apparently spreading tree-limbs over it to hide it, while the young widow stands in the moonlight with a man. Other strong full-page renditions include L'Avare qui a perdu son trésor (35); Le Lièvre et les Grenouilles (207); Le Mort et le Bûcheron (269); Le petit Poisson et le Pêcheur (301); TMCM (319); FG (332); and Le Singe et le Chat (345). When a fable here moves onto a second page, that page reiterates the fable's title. I find it curious that, while the fables are not in any apparent order, each is marked, at the bottom of the page, with its book and number. The front cover gives an overview of twelve of the full-page colored illustrations. I have enjoyed this book!

Identifier

en_US 9782880012922

en_US 5955 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/81379

Language

en_US fre

Publisher

en_US Edita

en_US Lausanne

Subject

en_US PQ1808 .A1 1994 See all items with this value

en_US Jean de La Fontaine See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole