Jean de La Fontaine présente . . . Maitre Corbeau

Title

en_US Jean de La Fontaine présente . . . Maitre Corbeau

Description

en_US Language note: French

en_US Jean de La Fontaine

Creator

en_US No Author See all items with this value

Date

2016-01-25T15:37:53Z

en_US 2014-06

en_US 1950?

Date Available

2016-01-25T15:37:53Z

Date Issued

en_US 1950

Abstract

en_US Here is an ingenious piece of ephemera. One opens a brochure somewhat smaller than 10 x 4. As one opens, scenes open and succeed each other, each with a portion of La Fontaine's Fox and Crow on a facing text page. There are two double panels, five single panels, and a final double panel. The first double panel opens a curtain on a crow with a piece of cheese perched in a tree. The second double panel first shows a fox approaching and then, as one opens further, shows him beneath the crow. The first single panel has the crow holding the cheese high. In the next, the cheese is out of the crow's beak, and the tongue is out of the fox's mouth! The next panel shows tears -- or saliva? -- falling from the crow. One more panel shows the fox holding the cheese below an expressionless crow. In the final single panel, the fox is exiting, and the crow seems to be reading a bible on his branch. The last double panel provides a curtain call for the two characters. The fun lies in folding open one panel at a time and finding the appropriate verses and scene. Lovely use of red, brown, black, and green. I am not sure whether to list this lovely piece as a book or a brochure, so I will do both!

Identifier

en_US 10104 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/76093

Publisher

en_US Edition de L'Office Central de l'Imagerie

en_US Paris

Subject

en_US Jean de La Fontaine See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole