Esop Basni

Title

en_US Esop Basni

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Language note: Russian

en_US Introduction with commentary by M.L. Gasparova

Creator

en_US Gasparov, M.L. See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Rackham, Arthur

Date

2016-01-25T19:28:31Z

en_US 2003-10

en_US 2003

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:28:31Z

Date Issued

en_US 2003

Abstract

en_US This is a sturdy little (5 x 6¾) collection of some four hundred and two numbered Aesopic fables (131-350) followed by a non-numbered set of Tolstoy's fables (352 to 390). This Tolstoy segment has four sections. Then follows a commentary (391-446) that begins by noting the editions by Perry, Hausrath, and Chambry. The very first element in the book is a life of Aesop in twenty-four chapters (7-130). The numbered Aesopic fables seem to follow, closely but not exactly, Perry's divisions in Aesopica. Thus this book's section of Babrian fables starts at #279, while Perry's starts at #274. The visual component of this well-produced little book is a melange. It includes a cover-illustration (of the quack frog) and a number of other colored illustrations from Arthur Rackham. There are also many of Rackham's black-and-white illustrations and silhouettes. The book also uses some older woodcuts and printer's devices. Some Rackham and older material has been excerpted and enlarged, with a strange effect (e.g., 131, 259, 315, and 351). I am encouraged to see this book published, since it is a serious collection with a sense of resources in a well made product.

Identifier

en_US 5699005412

en_US 5014 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/80608

Language

en_US rus

Publisher

en_US Eksmo

en_US Moscow

Subject

en_US PA3855.R8 G37 2003 See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole