The Fables of La Fontaine

Title

en_US The Fables of La Fontaine

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Original language: fre

en_US First English edition?

en_US Walter Thornbury

Creator

en_US Doré, Gustave See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Doré, Gustave

Date

2016-01-25T16:18:54Z

en_US 1997-08

en_US 1868?

Date Available

2016-01-25T16:18:54Z

Date Issued

en_US 1868?

Abstract

en_US Might this be the first edition of the English-language edition of Doré that Anne Stevenson Hobbs praises (100), especially for its large print and generous format? She lists 1868 as its date in brackets, which I take to indicate that there is no date in the book, as there is none here. There is some spotting and foxing early, and some variation in the paper from signature to signature. The large wood-engraved illustrations come off strong, like MM (405) and the human scene given for The Two Fowls (417). This is another heavy book, as I discovered in carrying it around on the rest of this trip! I have written to the Victoria and Albert to see if I can determine whether this is a first. See the French edition under 1868. Cassell published under his own name from 1849 through 1859. The firm had the name of Cassell, Petter, and Galpin from 1859 through 1883, so we have at least a terminus ante quem of 1883.

Identifier

en_US 2710 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/78245

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Cassel Petter and Galpin,

en_US London

Subject

en_US PQ1811.E3 T61 n.d. 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