"La Fontaine and His Fables."

Title

"La Fontaine and His Fables."

Description

1875 "La Fontaine and His Fables." Albert Rhodes. J.J. Grandville. Article from Scribner's Monthly, Volume IX, No. 5., March, 1875: $5.64 from Legacy Books II, Louisville, KY, through AbeBooks, Nov., '22.

Here is part of the seller's description: "16pp extract, printed in double columns, illustrated with 13 characteristic Scribner's engravings after various of the fables, salvaged from a damaged issue of Scribner's Monthly, Volume IX, No. 5, March, 1875." The illustrations may be typical of Scribner's, as the seller writes, but all except the last are "borrowed" from J.J. Grandville. The last, "The Cat and the Mouse," is a vivid piece done by a "Hyputhonski" or some similar name The article itself is perhaps a bit heavy on La Fontaine's life and character, which evokes its own engagement, but never as much as do the fables.

Date

1875

Source

$5.64 from Legacy Books II, Louisville, KY, through AbeBooks, Nov., '22.

Subject

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