Fables Chinoises du IIIe au VIIIe Siècle de Notre Ère

Title

en_US Fables Chinoises du IIIe au VIIIe Siècle de Notre Ère

Description

en_US Language note: French

en_US Traduites par Édouard Chavannes, Versifiées par Mme. Édouard Chavannes

Creator

en_US No Author See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Karpelès, Andrée

en_US Bédier, Joseph (Preface)

Date

2016-01-25T15:38:42Z

en_US 2014-08

en_US 2013

Date Available

2016-01-25T15:38:42Z

Date Issued

en_US 2013

Abstract

en_US The cover of this reprint is almost identical with the cover of a book I have by the same title and the same authors, but the books are, I learn to my surprise, totally different. Chavannes and Chavannes did a book for Éditions Bossard in 1921. It included eighteen Chinese fables of Hindu origin, accompanied by 46 designs of Andrée Karpelès of various sorts and sizes. The first two stories were Le Buveur du vin and Beau-Pelage et Belles-Dents. The booklet had 94 + iv pages. Now here is a copy of a book which had the same dimensions (5 x 6½), title, authors, and publisher. It contains twenty-two Chinese fables of Hindu origin different from those in the 1921 edition, accompanied by fewer Karpelès designs. The cover no longer mentions the number of designs. This booklet was published in 1927, with a preface by Joseph Bédier. Its first two stories are Queue en tête and La Cruche. It has 114 + iv pages. I sampled Le Loup et la Brebis (77) and Le Lion et le Chacal 101). They are effective and in keeping with the tradition of fable literature. The woodcuts range from small printer's designs to full-page illustrations. I find them rather simple and predictable.

Identifier

en_US 10253 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/76241

Publisher

en_US Éditions You Feng Libraire & Éditeur

en_US Paris

Subject

en_US BQ1173.F7C432 2013 See all items with this value

en_US Chinese See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole