Jean de La Fontaine: Dix fables

Title

en_US Jean de La Fontaine: Dix fables

Description

en_US Language note: French

en_US #343 of 390

en_US Jean de La Fontaine

Creator

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

Contributor

en_US Bouquet, Louis

Date

2018-08-29T16:42:33Z

en_US 2018-07

en_US 1921

Date Available

2018-08-29T16:42:33Z

Date Issued

en_US 1921

Abstract

en_US Edition illustrated with original woodcuts and colored by Louis Bouquet, one of 350 numbered copies on Rives. This curious and lovely book is almost 10" square. Binding cardboard vellum half way back smooth, marbled paper dishes moiré, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, covers preserved, green head. The seller notes tiny pinholes in the very beginning and very end of the volume, but finds it otherwise a good copy. In fact, there are smudges on the first title-page, and slight folds in several of the last pages without text. Still, I have fallen in love with the lovely colored illustrations. They are bold, simple, and strong. My favorites include the sling-shooter in “Les deus Pigeons” and, among the most complex, the opening picture of “La Vieille et les deux Servantes” and the opening picture of “Le Jardinier et son Seigneur.” In fact, that whole fable is delightful. The image following "The Two Pigeons" interprets well that it is about human lovers, male and female. CW leaves plenty of room for enjoying metamorphosis. Not in Bodemann.

Identifier

en_US 11350 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/119055

Language

en_US fre

Publisher

en_US Éditions de la Sirène

en_US Paris

Subject

en_US PQ1808.A1 1921 See all items with this value

en_US Jean de La Fontaine See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value