Item
Fables choisies De La Fontaine ornees de figures lithographiques
- Title
- en_US Fables choisies De La Fontaine ornees de figures lithographiques
- Description
- en_US Language note: French
- en_US First edition
- en_US Carle Vernet, Horace Vernet, et Hipolyte Lecomte
- Creator
- en_US La Fontaine, Jean de See all items with this value
- Contributor
- en_US Vernet, Carle
- Date
- 2018-07-05T18:38:12Z
- en_US 2018-05
- en_US 1818
- Date Available
- 2018-07-05T18:38:12Z
- Date Issued
- en_US 1818
- Abstract
- en_US The eBay seller had written "Large folio book in landscape measuring 41x27.5cm approx., original paper boards with spine missing, book holding together well. Half title present, main title present, full page engravings, each with corresponding text, 24 engravings, 2 of which are hand coloured. old water stain to the edge of 5 pages." I will add that this is an impressive landscape book 16" x 10⅞" with very heavy paper. Bodemann describes it as the first lithographed fable book. Bodemann sees different styles in the two main engravers, Vernet (freer use of the new medium) and LeComte (more traditional copper engraving). Among my favorites here are LeComte’s OR; WL; and "The Schoomaster and the Child"; Horace Vernet's CW; and Carle Vernet’s "The Two Mules"; CW; "The Horse Wanting to Get Revenge on the Stag"; and "The Coach and the Fly." Bodemann speaks of a two-volume work with 132 engravings, but I find no indication of that here. This is a lovely book to show from the collection, exactly 200 years old.
- Identifier
- en_US 231.1
- en_US 11303 (Access ID)
- Language
- en_US fre
- Publisher
- en_US Lithographie D'Engelmann
- en_US Paris
- Subject
- en_US Jean de La Fontaine See all items with this value
- Item sets
- Carlson Fable Collection Books