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 LaFontaine

Creator

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

Contributor

en_US Lorioux, Félix

Date

2016-01-25T19:53:39Z

en_US 1998-01

en_US 1929

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:53:39Z

Date Issued

en_US 1921

Abstract

en_US This is a 1929 reprint of a book whose original I have listed under 1921?; Bodemann describes that original very well (#409) and lists it as ca. 1921. This copy, owned by the Newark Free Public Library, has a date of 1929 on its last page, 72. This copy has a library binding and cover, monochrome brownish red, by contrast with the original's pictorial cover featuring a wigged La Fontaine with writing quill in hand, an open book of fables, and two children reading with him. This book has numerous tears and tape repairs, and one page with a portion missing (37). It has known considerable use! But, oh, those Lorioux illustrations are glorious! The book dealer reported it lost for several months after I ordered it--and then was nice enough to call when he found it again. I will include some of my comments on the original. I have loved this work for a long time, first through Whitman's Fontaine's Fables (1934) and then through Hachette's reprint in 1992. See my comments there. The illustrations in this edition are slightly larger than in the 1992 edition. They have a dull finish that seems to me better than the 1992 edition's glossy finish. Some of the best illustrations in a book full of beautiful work: the anthill with its beautiful colors (6), the ant at work in a scene that is used recently for the cover of a French pocketbook La Fontaine (10), the face of the cheese-mouthing crow in a rich variety of hues (14), and several title-pages, including TMCM (25), WL (37), and The Heron (61).

Identifier

en_US 6270 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/81603

Language

en_US fre

Publisher

en_US Librairie Hachette

en_US Paris

Subject

en_US PZ24.2.L3 Fab 1929 See all items with this value

en_US Jean de La Fontaine See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole