Fables Choisis de Jean de La Fontaine

Title

en_US Fables Choisis de Jean de La Fontaine

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

Language note: French

#49 of 105 copies; illustrations signed by individual artists; boxed

Jean de La Fontaine

Creator

Jean de La Fontaine See all items with this value

Contributor

Alberto Ziveri, Arnoldo Ciarrocchi, Alberto Manfredi, Carlo Mattioli, Mino Maccari, & Duflio Rossoni.

Date

2016-04-20T15:51:10Z

en_US 2016-01

1965

Date Available

2016-04-20T15:51:10Z

Date Issued

en_US 1965

Abstract

en_US Here is a curious find! It is not in Bodemann, and only 105 copies were printed. I searched for some cataloguing help and finally found one copy on WorldCat: at the New York Public Library. This lovely book's 33 pages contain one full-page etching for each fable. Each etching, about 3⅞" by 4¾" on its own page, is signed by its artist. Curiously these artists are listed only by family name on the title-page. The T of C near the end of the book (33) lists them with given names. The six fables and their artists are: "Death and the Wretched Man" (Alberto Ziveri); "A Will Explained by Aesop" (Arnoldo Ciarrocchi); "The Old Woman and the Two Servant Girls" (Alberto Manfredi); "The Old Man and the Ass" (Carlo Mattioli); "The Two Pigeons" (Mino Maccari); and TT (Duflio Rossoni). Ziveri's image has death as a skeleton reaching out for the not very happy man. Ciarrocchi's Aesop wears glasses and looks like Ben Franklin. Manfredi's two servant girls get my prize; the one looking up after being awakened is ready to kill something, someone, anyone! Mattioli's old man riding naked on the ass is another prize-winner. The ass looks back nonchalantly without moving. I find Maccari's image for "Two Pigeons" mostly confusing. A wigged and jacketed male figure -- La Fontaine, perhaps? -- holds a lighted candle and a heart as two pigeons encounter each other in the air. Rossoni's image for TT shows the turtle on its back, presumably on the ground and shattered. It is signed both in the etching and on the page. This rare book's OCLC number is83821792. Not in Bodemann.

Identifier

10603 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/85388

Language

fre

Publisher

Libreria Antiquaria Prandi

en_US Reggio Emilia, Italy

Subject

en_US Ovr. PQ1808.A1 1965 See all items with this value

Jean de La Fontaine See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

Book, Whole