Les Fables de La Fontaine

Title

en_US Les Fables de La Fontaine

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Language note: French

en_US Nouvelle tirage

en_US Edited by W.T. Stead

Creator

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

Contributor

en_US Bour, Danièle

en_US Soriano, Marc

Date

2016-01-25T19:50:40Z

en_US 2006-10

en_US 1995

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:50:40Z

Date Issued

en_US 1988

Abstract

en_US Here is something strange. The format of this book is exactly like that of a book published in 1992 by Grasset Jeunesse, 50 Fables de La Fontaine. It also has a preface--but a different one--by Marc Soriano. This volume has the title The Fables of La Fontaine, but it just happens to have fifty fables. Hmmmm…. I find no overlap between these two French editions. This book seems to be the source for the smaller Italian paperback Jean de la Fontaine: Favole, which is listed under 1993/97. Many of my comments from the Grasset publication of 1992 apply as well to this volume. The finely detailed primitive paintings recommend this book highly. They range from full page illustrations down to single figures taking part of a page. Among the best of the smaller colored designs is that of the drowning child on 19. Among the best in the half-page variety are SS (27), which extends just beyond its borders to make its point; FG (45); and The Wolf, the Mother, and the Infant (53). Among the best full-page illustrations are the wolf become shepherd (41), TB (59), and TH (67). The latter is also the cover's image. The two images for SW contrast nicely (62-63). On 49, text and design are for once not well integrated; some of the print falls on the image of the horse. There is a T of C at the end. Inscribed in English in Paris in 1996.

Identifier

en_US 2724290127

en_US 6124 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/81530

Language

en_US fre

Publisher

en_US France Loisirs

en_US Paris

Subject

en_US PQ1808.A3 S78 1988 See all items with this value

en_US Jean de La Fontaine See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole