Esope en Belle Humeur

Title

en_US Esope en Belle Humeur

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Language note: French

en_US Aesop

Creator

en_US No Author See all items with this value

Date

2016-01-22T21:18:50Z

en_US 2015-08

en_US 1693

Date Available

2016-01-22T21:18:50Z

Date Issued

en_US 1693

Abstract

en_US The title continues Ou Derniere Traduction et Augmentation de ses Fables, en Prose, et en Vers. As Bodemann notes, there are 157 fables on 360 pages, followed by an AI. A strong frontispiece starts the book facing the inside front cover: a capped Aesop, carrying an object, walks through a pastoral scene surrounded by animals and perhaps a child. The title-page is followed by a ten page envoy Esope au Lecteur. This Aesop promises the reader une plaisante affaire, especially because he is in good humor. The illustration at the start of the two-page life of Aesop is especially lively: Aesop dances while monkeys play music (15). That pagination makes clear, I believe, that the printer has been counting pages from the very first page. The illustrations, about 2 by 1½, are strong and well defined. Among the strongest are The Eagle and the Fox (26); The Stag Caught by His Antlers (55); The Horse and the Stag (109); The Dog and the Ass (122); An Old Dog and His Master (179); TMCM (199); TB (208); Two Lobsters (258); OR (265); 2W (287); 2P (297); The Greedy and the Envious (302); and The Eagle and the Crow (347). It seems to me that I have seen this book's illustration for GA (233) before. La Fontaine's GA appears without illustration in its original form on 244 and is soon followed by a number of other La Fontaine texts, usually without illustration. Other fables too, like The Charlatan (194) and L'Alouette et ses Petits (224) lack illustrations. This book is another star in this collection! About 6 x 3½. Formerly owned by Denis du Peage.

Identifier

en_US Bodemann identifier #85.2

en_US 10565 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/75179

Publisher

en_US Chez François Foppens

en_US Brussels

Subject

en_US Aesop See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole