Das illustrierte Fabelbuch, Band I: Spiegel kultureller Wandlungen

Title: en_US Das illustrierte Fabelbuch, Band I: Spiegel kultureller Wandlungen
Description: en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover); en_US Language note: German; en_US Boxed; en_US Herausgegeben von Wolfgang Metzner und Paul Raabe; Volume I by Regine Timm
Creator: en_US Bodemann, Ulrike See all items with this value
Date: 2016-01-25T20:16:25Z; en_US 2005-06; en_US 1998
Date Available: 2016-01-25T20:16:25Z
Date Issued: en_US 1998
Abstract: en_US This pair of volumes was a major surprise when I started out visiting used book stores in Hamburg in July, 1998. Dietrich Schaper was one of the first book dealers I visited. When I asked about fable books, he answered by pulling out this boxed pair of volumes: You mean things like this? I think he had received it through a book club or perhaps the Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft. Since that time, this pair of volumes, especially the second, has been a constant companion and help to me. Three years ago in 2009 I had the privilege of visiting the Metzner fable collection in the family's quarters. The family was gracious enough to let me see and enjoy it. What a pleasure! This first volume is largely still a pleasure waiting for me. The flier distributed at the time of publication mentions that this volume features 363 illustrations from over 100 different editions. It offers a comparative history of the illustrated fable book. It examines, the flier notes, the various functions of fable illustrations, motif traditions, and the representation of animals in the fable, as well as their graphic and visual design. Timm finds a tension between the perenniel story and the message contained in the image, which is shaped by currents in architecture, fashion, and society. I was not aware that this two-volume work had won an award for being among the most beautiful books in Germany. It certainly would have got my vote! Six years later I found a cleaner copy available from Antiquariaat der Rabe and had it sent straight to Omaha. It is the good copy, and I will continue to work with the one I found in Hamburg. The original price was DM 485 or $260.
Identifier: en_US 9783980620703 (set); en_US 8340 (Access ID)
uri: http://hdl.handle.net/10504/83573
Language: en_US ger
Publisher: en_US Maximilian-Gesellschaft; Wolfgang Metzner Verlag; en_US Hamburg
Subject: en_US NC977.I4 1998 See all items with this value; en_US Secondary See all items with this value; en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value
Type: en_US Book, Whole
Has Part: Das illustrierte Fabelbuch, Band II: Katalog illustrierter Fabelausgaben 1461-1990

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