The Fables of Leonardo da Vinci

Title

en_US The Fables of Leonardo da Vinci

Description

en_US Original language: ita

en_US #6 of 50

en_US By Edwin P. Barrow

Creator

en_US Leonardo See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Torre, Vincent

Date

2016-01-25T19:02:47Z

en_US 1998-12

en_US 1953

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:02:47Z

Date Issued

en_US 1953

Abstract

en_US Gradually I am finding the various fable works of Vincent Torre. This is another beautiful piece. The booklet includes fifteen fables and seventeen entries from Leonardo's Bestiary. The fables are strong on one-upping arguments. The usual question is: Who will laugh last? Among them is a favorite of mine from Leonardo, The Nut and the Campanile (18). Leonardo's fables are sometimes very sad, like The Willow & The Gourd (9). The willow's romance turns into her destruction. The Ant & The Grain of Millet (15) is much happier. The grain asks the ant to let it reproduce, offering a hundredfold. The ant takes the offer. The Beaver shows up in the Bestiary as Peace, and Leonardo tells the story often found among fables. The beaver bites off its testacles (sic) and leaves them for its enemies and so escapes. The mole is Lies, since it lives as long as it remains in the dark but dies as soon as it comes into the light. The first nine fables get a delightful woodcut each. There is also a repeated design cut in wood.

Identifier

en_US 4111 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/79437

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Vincent Torre at The Ink-Well Press

en_US Norfolk, VA

Subject

en_US PQ4627.L38 F313 1953 See all items with this value

en_US Leonardo da Vinci See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole