The Fables of La Fontaine, Part I

Title

en_US The Fables of La Fontaine, Part I

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Original language: fre

en_US First edition

en_US Walter Thornbury

Creator

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

Contributor

en_US Doré, Gustave

Date

2016-01-25T16:08:08Z

en_US 1994-08

en_US 1883?

Date Available

2016-01-25T16:08:08Z

Date Issued

en_US 1883

Abstract

en_US A beautiful edition with a partially missing spine. I picked up this pair of volumes thinking that it was just another Cassell edition of the Thornbury translation. Then I noticed in Hobbs (100) that the first English edition, praised for its generous format even over the original French, was by Cassell, Petter, and Galpin. A library inquiry revealed that, at least in the University of Michigan's library catalogue, the publishing firm's last listing by this name is in 1883. Hobbs' listing of the presumably first English edition is in 1868. So this edition seems to fall in a fifteen year period between 1868 and 1883. The closest comparison in my collection is the 1875? Cassell edition, which includes Oudry illustrations. This edition has two colors on its title page, borders around pages of text and partial-page illustrations, and one signature whose paper is darker (49-112). It belonged to Captain T. Lockhart. Its T of C plates seem the same as those in the 1875? edition but give different page numbers, since the fully-illustrated pages here have blank backs but are counted fully. The title page and T of C here serve for both parts. This is a treasured find!

Identifier

en_US 1917 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/77483

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Cassell, Petter, and Galpin

en_US London

Subject

en_US PQ1811.E3T6 1883 See all items with this value

en_US La Fontaine See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole