Fables Choisies, Mises en Vers par J. de la Fontaine, Tome Troisieme

Title

en_US Fables Choisies, Mises en Vers par J. de la Fontaine, Tome Troisieme

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Language note: French

en_US First edition

en_US Ramon Nepomuceno Orbeta

Creator

en_US Aubert, M. See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Oudry, Jean Baptiste

Date

2016-01-25T19:27:28Z

en_US 2002-10

en_US 1756

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:27:28Z

Date Issued

en_US 1756

Abstract

en_US Bodemann #135.1. What a spectacular book! I had not dared to dream that I could find a copy for the collection. Dailey quotes Ray: one of the most ambitious and successful of all illustrated books. The magnificent Oudry engravings are complemented by Bachelier's woodcut fleurons following each fable. The 275 full-page engravings in the four books are numbered consecutively in Roman numerals through the four volumes following their fables (some with more than one illustration). This numbering of fables runs from I through CCXLIV. Hobbs #20. Fabula Docet #51, which urges viewers to take note of the illustrations for fables I (GA) and CLXXI here (Les Deux Pigeons). My favorites on this trip through the third volume are CXXVI (Le Mal Marié); CXXIV (MM); CXXV (Le Curé et le Mort); CXXIX (La Fille); CXLIV (Le Savetier et le Financier); CLXIX (Le Loup et le Chasseur); and CLXXXIII (Le Chat et le Renard). As Dailey points out, the illustration for CLXXII (Le Singe et le Léopard) lacks the words Le Léopard on the flag identifying the building in this first issue of the first edition.

Identifier

en_US 4777 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/80401

Language

en_US fre

Publisher

en_US Dessaint & Saillant; Durand; Imprimerie de Charles-Antoine Jombert

en_US Paris

Subject

en_US PQ1808.A1 1755 See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole