Les Douze Plus Belles Fables du Monde

Title

en_US Les Douze Plus Belles Fables du Monde

Description

en_US Language note: French

en_US #156 of 200

en_US Roger Dévigne

Creator

en_US Dévigne, Roger See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Hellé, André

Date

2016-01-25T16:50:01Z

en_US 2000-12

en_US 1932

Date Available

2016-01-25T16:50:01Z

Date Issued

en_US 1932

Abstract

en_US Illustrated paper boards. 79 pages. Of the fables, the first, L'Ane et le Printemps Éternel (1), is new to me. At Zeus' coronation, humans ask for eternal springtime and receive it. Zeus sends it to them on an ass, but the ass stops at a fountain along the way. The serpent guard of the fountain demands his sack in payment for a drink from the fountain. A favorite illustration among the beautiful work here by André Hellé is that of St. Francis preaching to the birds (10-11). The white bunny who wants to pass from the island to the mainland tells the crocodiles that he wants to count them. They line up and he runs across the causeway that they form, but he announces his ploy proudly before reaching the mainland, and the last crocodile can bite off his tail (13). Perhaps the best told and illustrated story among the twelve is Le Cheval et le Hérisson (47). The six blind creatures exploring the elephant are monkeys here (71). There is a T of C at the back. See Bodemann #430.1.

Identifier

en_US 3637 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/78995

Language

en_US fre

Publisher

en_US Editions Berger-Levrault

en_US Paris

Subject

en_US PZ24.2.D48 Dou 1932 See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole