Fables choisies

Title

en_US Fables choisies

en_US Harmonia Mundi Livre

Description

en_US Language note: French

Jean de La Fontaine

Creator

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

Contributor

en_US Masters of Japanese prints

en_US Lemirre, Elisabeth

Date

2022-11-07T16:11:39Z

2021-02

en_US 2019

Date Available

2022-11-07T16:11:39Z

Date Issued

en_US 2019

Abstract

en_US This beautiful paperback version of Barboutau's classic from 1894 follows just six years after Les Éditions de l'Amateur did a splendid hardbound version of the same. Here is another exquisite rendering – hindered in my mind only by the following restriction in a paperback book. That is, the illustrations are spread across two pages, and some of the artistry in the very center of the two pages is not visible. It is harder to get a sense of the whole scene. Other than that drawback, this is a wonderful presentation of all 28 of the illustrations in Barboutau's two La Fontaine volumes. About the illustrations, I can say that one senses less of the rice paper here than in the 2013 hardbound version. And the only thing better than the beautiful images inside the book are the even more beautiful images on front and back cover. Generally a two-page spread of two fables facing each other will be followed by the illustration of the latter fable and the illustration of the former of the next pair of fable texts. There is a T of C at the end. Lemirre's preface includes a look at several important steps along the way to Barboutau's work, both in Japan and in French book production.

Identifier

en_US 12543 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/138766

Language

en_US fre

Publisher

en_US Éditions Picquier

en_US Arles

Subject

Jean de La Fontaine See all items with this value