Les Fables de La Fontaine: Suite des Gravures

Title

Les Fables de La Fontaine: Suite des Gravures

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Language note: French

en_US Boxed

en_US Jean de La Fontaine

Creator

Jean de La Fontaine See all items with this value

Contributor

Chièze, Jean

Date

2016-05-09T19:54:28Z

en_US 2016-02

1953

Date Available

2016-05-09T19:54:28Z

Date Issued

1953

Abstract

This unbound Volume V consists of three of the wood engravings used to make the book, six original designs, and a suite of 248 wood engravings, two to a page. These are single pages, not gathered in signatures. All the wood engravings seem to be represented here, including the repeated title-page engraving and the frontispieces of the four volumes. Most surprising in this collection may be the three woodblocks themselves. They represent "The Villager and the Snake"; "The Hare and the Frogs"; and "The Eagle and the Crow." The last of these is cracked down the center. Also fascinating are the six "originals." I take these to be the pencil sketches that the wood engraver worked from. One can see in "The Wolf and the Dogs" the quadration of the field of the picture. "The Monkey and the Treasure-Holder" is excellent; the wood engraving comes very close to this rendition. Others are sketchier in their presentation of a scene to be carved. Three of the six are "The Fox and the Turkey-Vultures"; "The Forest and the Woodman"; and "The Wolf and the Fox" (XII.9). The last of these "originals" is a mystery. It presents two ancient men talking before a circle of listeners. I can find it nowhere in the four volumes or in the suite of engravings. Was it perhaps an attempt of the artist that ended up not getting used? This volume in particular would make great material to show students interested in the history of bookmaking and picture printing. Not in Bodemann.

Identifier

en_US 10806 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/87244

Language

fre

Publisher

Chez Pierre Bricage

Paris

Subject

en_US Jean de La Fontaine See all items with this value

Type

Book, Whole