Lafontaine's Fabeln, Volume I

Title

en_US Lafontaine's Fabeln, Volume I

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Language note: German

Jean de La Fontaine; translated by Ernst Dohm

Creator

en_US La Fontaine, Jean de See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Doré, Gustave

Date

2025-05-20T17:10:02Z

2023-07

en_US 1877?

Date Available

2025-05-20T17:10:02Z

Date Issued

en_US 1877

Abstract

en_US Here is Bodemann #342.2, which is listed right after the first edition first printing of Gustave Doré in Paris by Hachette. This pair of volumes may outweigh everything else in the collection! Each volume weighs about 11½ pounds! Everything about this edition is meant to be "prachtvoll": size, covers, binding, and particularly quality of illustrations. I am immediately impressed by GA, one of my favorite Doré illustrations. This volume makes me think of a Doré fable exhibit, since we have Hachette, Moeser, Cassell, Uitgevers-Maatschappy "Elsevier," and above all the beginning subscription set. There are of course also a number of derivative editions. WL (23) is another favorite. "The Lion and the Gnat" (73) is wonderfully rendered through a sling-shot wielder standing at the top of a valley and assailing a noble horse-rider. Each full-page illustration has a slipsheet. Bodemann mentions that the illustrations are notably dark. While that may be true, I find Doré always and congenitally dark. This is a book to show off! 11 ¼" x 14¾". 310 pages.

Identifier

en_US 342.2

en_US 13400 (Access ID)

uri

https://cdr.creighton.edu/handle/10504/157767

Language

en_US ger

Publisher

en_US W. Moeser Hofbuchhandlung

en_US Berlin

Subject

Jean de La Fontaine See all items with this value