A Hundred Fables of LaFontaine

Title

en_US A Hundred Fables of LaFontaine

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Apparent first edition

en_US Selected and illustrated by Michael Hague

Creator

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

Contributor

en_US Billinghurst, Percy J.

Date

2016-01-25T16:50:38Z

en_US 1989-02

en_US 1900

Date Available

2016-01-25T16:50:38Z

Date Issued

en_US 1900

Abstract

en_US After spending $120 for a third printing and then $70 for a second, I have worked my way back to a first printing for much less money. When I earlier reviewed the 1920? printing, I thought that the best of the illustrations were Death and the Woodman (56), The Council Held by the Rats (62), The Rat and the Oyster (114, the best of all), and The Rats and the Weasels (198). Now I would add The Lion and the Ass Hunting (9), SS (73), and DLS (167). The illustrations come alive here more than they do in the frequent Billinghurst reproductions. There is an AI at the front. The spine is suffering a split at 80. Like the third edition, this has a beautifully colored cover. There is on 203 an advertisement for the Aesop edition uniform with this volume with a date of 1899.

Identifier

en_US 3768 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/79115

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US John Lane The Bodley Head

en_US London

Subject

en_US PQ1811.E3 B5 1900b 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