Fables La Fontaine Illustré

Title

en_US Fables La Fontaine Illustré

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Language note: French

en_US Jean de La Fontaine

Creator

en_US No Author See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Grandville, J.J.

en_US Quétel, Claude (Essayist)

Date

2016-01-22T21:18:47Z

en_US 2015-05

en_US 2012

Date Available

2016-01-22T21:18:47Z

Date Issued

en_US 2012

Abstract

en_US This is a large-format book (10½ x 14½) presenting a lovely broad sweep of some forty-five fables and illustrations approaching 160 in all. Names of the artists used here are too many to fit into the database field for that item. In fact, the artists include twenty-seven: Boillat, Born, Bouchot, Boutet de Monvel, Doré, Fraipont, Gélibert, Grandville, Hémard, Jeanjean, Klein, Lorioux, de la Nézière, Noury, Oudry, Rabier, Raffin, Sabran, Simon, Vimar, and six others. Happily, I recognize the work of almost each of the candidates. The choice of illustrators to match with fables seems very good to me. There is such a wide range to choose from for each fable! The last pages offer, respectively, biographies of the above twenty-one major illustrators, a chronology of the illustrators and editions, and a list of the illustrations' creators. Less pretentious sources like the collectable paste-in stamps of Chocolates Menier are not neglected. Boutet de Monvel shows up cleverly many times in the side or bottom margins. The attribution of the work on 64 to Le Rallic helps me read a signature I have found difficult. Raoul Thomen seems new to me. Joanna Boillat in 2009 may be the most recent inclusion. As I suggest by my comments, this book will be a valuable part of the collection for its help in identifying artists otherwise known only by their signatures. This major work came at a very reasonable price. In fact, the postage for bringing the book here was four times as great as the price of the book! It sold originally for €35.

Identifier

en_US 10555 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/75169

Publisher

en_US Editions Ouest-France

en_US Aix-en-Provence

Subject

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