Fables de La Fontaine I

Title

en_US Fables de La Fontaine I

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Language note: French

en_US Werner Thuswaldner

Creator

en_US Delierre, Auguste See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Delierre, Auguste

Date

2016-01-25T16:15:26Z

en_US 1996-04

en_US 1883

Date Available

2016-01-25T16:15:26Z

Date Issued

en_US 1883

Abstract

en_US Great binding and marbled endpapers. T of C for this volume at the end of this volume includes notation of illustrations. Quinnam (71) describes the work this way: An elegant, expensive edition printed on heavy paper and illustrated with delicately engraved pastoral scenes, not humorous or original, but very pleasant--the trees especially.... Classical borders surround the illustrations and many other ornaments adorn the book. Quinnam refers to original watercolor drawings added later (1889) to the title and half-title pages; they are missing. I agree that the grasses and trees are wonderfully portrayed. Among the best illustrations in this volume are III 1 (MSA), III 6 ( The Eagle, the Sow, and the Cat ), III 14 ( The Lion Become Old ), IV 2 ( The Shepherd and the Sea ), IV 11 (FM), and VI 13 ( The Villager and the Serpent ). There is some pencilling on the back of the frontispiece and on the title-page of Book V. The top of the spine is chipped. The illustration for II 11 (LM) is slightly out of place; it faces 73. A wonderful treasure!

Identifier

en_US 2398 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/77954

Language

en_US fre

Publisher

en_US A Quantin, Imprimeur-Éditeur

en_US Paris

Subject

en_US PQ1808.A1 1883 See all items with this value

en_US La Fontaine See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole