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 Retold by Aki Sogabe

Creator

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

Contributor

en_US Lebret, G.

Date

2016-01-25T20:05:33Z

en_US 2011-08

en_US 1946

Date Available

2016-01-25T20:05:33Z

Date Issued

en_US 1946

Abstract

en_US I have a nearly identical copy of this favorite, bought from Librairie de l'avenue Henry Veyrier in 2001. The present copy is marked by a red title printed on the cloth cover, as against the gold title embossed into the other copy's cover. The page facing the title-page has also changed. Among the great brands offering Tintin points -- with which the owner says this copy was purchased -- are now Tintin orange soda, Tarzan chewing gum, Le Chat soap, and rice and vegetables from Compagnie Franco-Indochinoise! The pages and binding in this copy are weak from use, but they are all there. There is yet a third copy from the same year with a different cover and binding and without acknowledgement of the book's printer. I will include comments I made earlier about the content of this favorite. This is one of the most playful books I have seen in a while. Sections of La Fontaine's text are numbered to correspond to cartoon pictures. There is lots of wit here. A steam kettle boiling in one picture (DW) is smelled in the next! Imagination stamps these illustrations. The lion has torn half his skin off in pursuing the mosquito; the dove carries off the fowler's pot, in which the fowler's imagination was already cooking him; the miller's son picks his nose. The Cat and the Old Rat is one of the best here, including the cat's attempt to disguise himself in a bag. Les Animals Malade de la Peste is a magnificent two-page sweep. The last story is also excellent: Le Savetier et le Financier. Twenty-three fables. T of C at the back.

Identifier

en_US 7460 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/82730

Language

en_US fre

Publisher

en_US Dargaud S.A. Éditeur

en_US Paris

Subject

en_US PZ24.2.L3 Fabl 1946 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