Fables de La Fontaine, Tome Deuxième

Title

en_US Fables de La Fontaine, Tome Deuxième

Description

en_US Language note: French

en_US Apparent first printing

Accompagnée d'une notice historique et de notes par le bon Walckenaer

Contributor

en_US David, Jules

Date

2022-11-07T16:11:55Z

2021-08

en_US 1838?

Date Available

2022-11-07T16:11:55Z

Date Issued

en_US 1838

Abstract

en_US This is our fourth pair of volumes that belong in Bodemann #287. It is not like either the Canicio or Minster Gate copies, which I believe are #287.3. They have the added features of that edition, including elaborate title-pages for each of the twelve books of fables and the full-page inserted illustrations, one for each book of fables. It is like the Tallmandan copy, and my investigation this time confirms my view that these two sets are indeed #287.1. I now believe that this first edition had only one stiff colored additional title-page, and it is the additional title-page present in this volume. In the Tallmandan copy, that title-page is inserted loose into the second volume. Both #287.1 and #287.3 were printed by Everat, while #287.2 was not. That was a single volume printed by Lacrampe. Might what becomes in Canicio and Minster Gates the confusing second stiff additional title-page, with the date “1839,” be pirated from that edition to serve as title-page in the second volume of #287.3? That addition would explain how a 1839 title-page appears in a book published in 1840. The great advantage of this book over the Tallmandan set is that it is in much better condition. In particular, it does not have the foxing of that copy. What this set has in common with the Tallmandan set includes both the sensitive frontispiece of La Fontaine with "poésie" and "morale" at his sides and the wonderful David illustrations, including a head-piece (about 3" by 2") for each fable and a smaller tail-piece for many. As I wrote there, among my favorite illustrations are both the head-piece and the tail-piece for "Le Curé et le Mort" (37); "The Rat and the Elephant" (100); and "The Fox, the Wolf, and the Horse" (323).

Identifier

en_US 287.1

en_US 12695 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/138882

Language

en_US fre

Publisher

en_US Armand Aubrée, Éditeur

en_US Paris

Subject

La Fontaine See all items with this value