Fables de Florian

Title

en_US Fables de Florian

Description

en_US Language note: French

en_US Probable first edition

Florian

Creator

en_US Florian See all items with this value

Date

2019-07-05T20:12:43Z

2019-03

en_US 1840?

Date Available

2019-07-05T20:12:43Z

Date Issued

en_US 1840

Abstract

en_US This book matches in all its particulars Bodemann #293.1, including the notation that the book does not show a date. The book appeared at a time when Florian's appeal seems to have been at a peak. These publishers or artists did Florian fable books about this time: Comynet (1830, 1832); Ledentu (1832); Victor Adam (1838); Tastu (1841); Mame (1841); and Grandville (1842). There are five pages with two illustrations each in this small (3½" x 5¾") book; there is also an illustration ("Truth and Fable") on the title-page. The frontispiece features "The Two Travellers" (the wallet found on the road) and "The Coquette and the Bee." The bee flatters the coquette he has just stung -- "I thought her lips were a rose" – and the coquette forgives the bee. On 49, in "Le Savant et le Fermier," the old farmer answers the philosopher that he has not learned from Pythagoras or Plato but from nature, and these learnings have served him well. In “Le Pacha et le Dervis,” a prize of jewels goes to the maddest man on earth. The dervish seeks and finds a fellow who commands silly tasks on sacred documents. Winner! On 60, in "Le Paysan et le Riviere," we learn that if you want to accomplish something, cross the river now. It will keep flowing! Then Jupiter asks Minos what corrupts so many. Is it selfishness? Answer: No, father: idleness. On 109, in "Le Grillon," a cricket sees a butterfly loved by everyone and sees himself not paid attention to. Then some kids come and capture the butterfly. Aha, says the cricket, let's live the quiet, concealed life! Then in "L’Enfant et le Miroir," we learn "Smile, and the world will smile back at you. Menace, and you'll find the world menacing," as a kind mother shows her distraught child. On 120, King Alphonse hears "Don't look for the man in the moon. Look for the poor man on your doorstep." I gave up on “Le Dervis, la Corneille et le Faucon." Too long for me! The illustrations are well preserved.

Identifier

en_US 293.1

en_US 11578 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/123197

Language

en_US fre

Publisher

en_US J. Langlumé et Peltier

en_US Paris

Subject

Florian See all items with this value