La Fontaine 20 Fables

Title

en_US La Fontaine 20 Fables

Description

en_US Language note: French

en_US #182 of 440

en_US Jean de La Fontaine

Creator

en_US No Author See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Cassou, Jean (Essayist)

Date

2016-01-25T20:14:55Z

en_US 2012-06

en_US 1966

Date Available

2016-01-25T20:14:55Z

Date Issued

en_US 1966

Abstract

en_US Here is one of the treasures of this collection! I have yet to establish whether there is any formal tie between this collection of twenty folios and the similar collection done by Andre Gonin in 1950. This edition was done for the French Red Cross, with some connection to its campaign of 1961. There is a publication from that campaign (Bodemann #489.1) that I will be looking for. This collection is the first edition with these illustrations. From the total edition of 440, this is one of 329 on pur fil de Lana. There are twenty fables by Jean de la Fontaine illustrated with twenty in-text half-page color lithographs + twenty full-page color lithographs by twenty modern artists. Thus each fable has a folio of eight pages starting with a half-page colored illustration and including a full-page colored illustration. This ensemble contains an additional suite of the forty color lithographs on pur fil de Lana, each on its own page without text. Contributing artists are: Yves Alix, Calder, A.M. Cassandre, Cavaillès, Clavé, Marianne Clouzot, Paul Colin, Coutaud, Salvador Dali, Hermine David, Dunoyer de Segonzac, Valentine Hugo, Félix Labisse, Jacques Lagrange, André Marchand, Pignon, Dom Robert, Rohner, Marc Saint-Saëns, and Touchagues. My favorites among these are Calder, The Elephant and Jupiter's Monkey; Coutaud's The Battle Between the Rats and the Weasels; Dali's The Scythian Philosopher; Hugo's DW; Labisse's The Fly and the Ant; LaGrange's The Cobbler and the Banker; Pignon's The Charlatan; Rohner's BS; and Touchagues' CW. The selection of fables is slightly surprising, perhaps because the two publications I mention had perhaps already taken better known fables. The twenty eight-page folios are preceded by three-and-a-half such folios with the opening information including justification and this copy number (#182) and followed by one folio including tables and information on the printing of the work. This copy is 185 pages. Overall size 17 x 13 x 3.5. Préface by Jean Cassou. All the contents are in excellent condition; the box shows moderate wear and rubbing. If the box was originally hinged, it has separated into two parts.

Identifier

en_US Bodemann identifier 503.1

en_US 8027 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/83276

Publisher

en_US Cristobal de Acevedo

en_US Paris

Subject

en_US Jean de La Fontaine See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole