La Fontaine's Fables: A Selection

Title

en_US La Fontaine's Fables: A Selection

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Original language: fre

en_US Translated from the Original into English Verse by Edward Shirley

Creator

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

Date

2016-01-25T19:06:53Z

en_US 2013-07

en_US 1905

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:06:53Z

Date Issued

en_US 1905

Abstract

en_US Here is the third of three copies of this book that I am keeping in the collection. This copy has a pictorial cover, while the others have lime cloth (Ripping Yarns) and a gray cloth (Luce). Though all three show a date of 1905, I belive this might be the oldest. The spine is crudely taped, and the book is thoroughly worn. But it is a treasure! This wide book presents a classic La Fontaine from the early part of the century. Park's colored illustrations are large and lovely; the best are of FC and GA. The best of Bull's black-and-white illustrations are feet running from the disguised ass (56) and the frog's tombstone (62). The translator's best line is the frog's statement I'd give my life to be as huge and corpulent as that. Robin Greer now in December, '96, is selling a first edition (6 color plates, 16 color text illustrations and 60 other illustrations) for £175.

Identifier

en_US 9277 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/79686

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Thomas Nelson and Sons

en_US London

Subject

en_US PZ8.2.S55L3 1905 See all items with this value

en_US La Fontaine See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole