Reynard the Fox and Other Fables

Title

en_US Reynard the Fox and Other Fables

Description

en_US W.T. Larned

Creator

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

Contributor

en_US Rae, John

Date

2016-01-22T21:18:45Z

en_US 2015-07

en_US 2014

Date Available

2016-01-22T21:18:45Z

Date Issued

en_US 2014

Abstract

en_US Here is Dover's reprint of the 1925 original. The hardbound 6 x 9 Volland volume has become an 8¼ x 11 paperbound Dover volume. Pagination has been added and the cover picture is not extended from the front through the back. The back cover here is rather textual description of the book. The typesetting of the text on the front cover has also changed. The final page has the same illustration but now has only The End rather than a description of the Volland ideal. I find the illustrations in this book still as indistinct as I have in so many copies of the original! Otherwise let me quote what I say about the original. This book uses the illustrations of the Volland 1918 Fables in Rhyme for Little Folks (see my listing for 1918/24?) and puts them now with prose stories rather than the verse used there. Most fables also get new titles. In addition, the order is changed, so that now the ass from MSA is holding a (miswritten Latin?) farewell sign four fables before the book ends! Though some illustrations come out clear, I am still disappointed at how frequently the Volland illustrations end up lacking definition. The end-paper illustration here is dramatically clear!

Identifier

en_US 9780486781976

en_US 10550 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/75164

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Dover Publications, Inc.,

en_US Joliet, Ill

Subject

en_US PZ8.1.R33 2014 See all items with this value

en_US La Fontaine See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole