Fables de La Fontaine avec Les Commentaires de Coste, Vol. I

Title

en_US Fables de La Fontaine avec Les Commentaires de Coste, Vol. I

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Language note: French

en_US Nouvelle edition

en_US Jean de La Fontaine

Creator

en_US No Author See all items with this value

Date

2016-01-25T15:39:03Z

en_US 2014-10

en_US 1810

Date Available

2016-01-25T15:39:03Z

Date Issued

en_US 1810

Abstract

en_US I have a copy of this pair of lovely little volumes and even a second copy of the second volume, but all three are in poor condition. Now I have been lucky enough to find a pair in good condition and apparently complete, including, for example, the MM frontispiece to the second volume. The frontispiece here is DW. As I wrote earlier, this lovely little pair of volumes seems to be a reprinting of Bodemann #135.11, published in 1802. They are small in size, 3½ x 5½. The illustrations seem to be done after Oudry, though, as the Bodemann comment indicates, decorative elements seem to be left out. A good sampling of the illustrations here might include Le Corbeau voulant imiter l'Aigle (98); Le Cheval et le Loup (175), one of the most vigorous of these cartoons; and Le Villageois et le Serpent (202), where the chopped serpent's front half seems to be suspended in mid air!

Identifier

en_US Bodemann identifier cf. #135.11

en_US 10340 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/76324

Publisher

en_US Chez Billois, Libraire, quai des Augustins

en_US Paris

Subject

en_US PQ1808.A3C6 1810 v.1 See all items with this value

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