Item
Fables de la Fontaine, Album No. 2
- Title
- en_US Fables de la Fontaine, Album No. 2
- Description
- en_US Language note: French
- Date
- 2022-11-07T16:12:56Z
- 2022-07
- en_US 1910?
- Date Available
- 2022-11-07T16:12:56Z
- Date Issued
- en_US 1910
- Abstract
- en_US When I began to research this book, I feared immediately that it is an exact duplicate of a book found at the Brancion Market 23 years ago. Investigation brought a surprise. The twenty broadsides numbered in the Brancion copy are not numbered here; they are in fact here in a totally different order. Formatting is also different on each broadside. There is no number in the upper right corner. The reference to the publisher in the Brancion copy at the bottom center is divided here, with Pont-à-Mousson in the upper left and Vagné in the upper right. There is here no reference to "Imagerie Nouvelle" at the upper left. Might this copy represent an earlier printing in which the broadsides were less thoroughly organized and therefore less specifically marked? This copy's images are unusually crisp for a publication like this. As I noted there, by comparison with the work of Pellerin and Quantin, the designs are simple, even rudimentary. TB presents a scene that could not have happened, with the bear just behind one running man while the other stands nearby and looks on. One of the best images is wisely taken for the cover: "L'Enfant et le Maitre d'École." It gives "Le Chat, le Cochet et le Souriceau" new meaning to dress the animals up and to give the cat a dish full of bonbons! Another of the book's best images is that of the old cat lying on the top shelf of a cupboard, while rat-children climb up onto the cupboard and an old rat with glasses looks at us and points to what is happening. A fine addition to "L'Ours et l'Amateur des Jardins" is their formal photograph together!
- Identifier
- en_US 13162 (Access ID)
- Language
- en_US fre
- Publisher
- en_US Imagerie de Pont-à-Mousson, Marcel Vagné et ses Fils, Imprimeurs-Éditeurs
- Subject
- La Fontaine See all items with this value
- Item sets
- Carlson Fable Collection