Item
Raccolta di varie favole, Vol. I
- Title
- en_US Raccolta di varie favole, Vol. I
- Description
- en_US Language note: Bilingual: French/Italian
- Contributor
- en_US Fossati, Giorgio
- Date
- 2023-09-20T15:17:13Z
- 2023-04
- en_US 1744
- Date Available
- 2023-09-20T15:17:13Z
- Date Issued
- en_US 1744
- Abstract
- en_US This set of three volumes (out of 6) was a real find. Though there are small drawbacks to these three volumes, Fossati volumes sell for much more. I was lucky to happen upon a half-price sale. The chief drawback in this volume involves red coloring of some plates: larger pink tint in some, small sections (particularly mouths) in deep red in others. The coloring is generally not intrusive; the engravings are still lovely. They are similar to the work of Oudry for framing and classical backgrounds. Among the best of the illustrations are WS (X); "A Sheep Crowned with Flowers and a Shepherd" (XVII); "The Stag at the Pool" (XVIII); "The Satyr and the Traveler" (XXIV); "Armored Animals" (XXVII); and "Lion, Wolf, and Fox" (XXXIV). "Armored Animals" receives my overall prize: well executed! As this short list suggests, the book brings together well-known fables of La Fontaine with lesser known and perhaps even just created stories. A new fable to me: presents a lion in sheepskin (XXVIII). Illustration pages are not printed on the verso. There is a bilingual T of C at the front of the book. 44 pages. 7¾" x 10¼".
- Identifier
- en_US 13332 (Access ID)
- Language
- en_US fre/ita
- Publisher
- en_US Carlo Pecora
- en_US Venice
- Subject
- Various See all items with this value
- Item sets
- Carlson Fable Collection