Fables de La Fontaine, Tome Premier

Title

en_US Fables de La Fontaine, Tome Premier

Description

en_US Language note: French

en_US Avec un nouveau commentaire par Coste

Creator

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

Contributor

en_US Coste

Date

2018-07-05T18:38:14Z

en_US 2018-05

en_US 1807?

Date Available

2018-07-05T18:38:14Z

Date Issued

en_US 1807

Abstract

en_US We have only this first volume, as Bodemann had only the first volume. The seller hoped for a publishing date of 1743, but that date is taken from the "Avertissement." That is indeed when Coste published his first commentary on La Fontaine, and so the date is kept here. This is a fragile not-even-paperbound volume that offers triptychs of illustrations. Its title-page continues "Dédiées a la Jeunesse. Nouvelle Édition." I learned in researching this copy that the "Le Prieur" comes from the fact that a Belin married a Le Prieur and then styled himself with both of their family names. This is perhaps my twelfth Belin publication. The size of the illustrations does not allow much room for interpretation, but the artist exploits the possibilities that are there. And so we see the cheese in mid-flight to the mouth of the fox. And the ox looks curiously in the direction of the two frogs, one of whom is expanded beyond normal proportions. The sixth illustration gets it right: the lion is asking the other three animals how the stag should be divided. He knows how! This fragile book is another happy find!

Identifier

en_US 191.3

en_US 11321 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/118615

Language

en_US fre

Publisher

en_US Belin-Le-Prieur

en_US Paris

Subject

en_US Ornee des 216 Figures in taille-douce See all items with this value