Les Fables de Jean-Pierre-Claris de Florian

Title

en_US Les Fables de Jean-Pierre-Claris de Florian

en_US Les Chefs-d'Oeuvre

Description

en_US Language note: French

Florian

Creator

en_US Florian See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Vimar, August

en_US Theuriet, André (Foreword)

Date

2022-11-07T16:12:58Z

2022-09

en_US 1932?

Date Available

2022-11-07T16:12:58Z

Date Issued

en_US 1932

Abstract

en_US Here is apparently a 1932 reprint of the first printing, also by Laurens, in 1899. I note several small changes. The cloth cover is now red. The page facing the title page has expanded the number of books being advertised and divided them into two series. This book belongs to the former, "Les Chefs-d'Oeuvre," along with Morin's La Fontaine. The only clue to this printing's date comes at the bottom of that page: "9.32." As I wrote of the 1899 printing, this is a beautiful book. On the cover is an animal excursion led by the monkey with a magic lantern on his back. The title-page illustration is an animal parade led by the fox barrister. All 110 fables are represented. Bodemann counts 75 illustrations in the text. Of these I find three (Bodemann counts only two) that are full-page colored illustrations: "Le Singe qui montre la Lanterne magique" (34), "L'habit d'Arlequin" (84), and "Le Léopard et l'Ecureuil" (118). We both count five further colored illustrations: "La Carpe et les Carpillons" (10); "Le Danseur de corde et le Balancier" (42); "Le Paon, les deux Oisons et le Plongeon" (68); "Le Lapin et la Sarcelle" (95); and "Le Procès des deux Renards" (111). The uncolored drawings are also often delightful. Particularly spirited are these illustrations: "Le Boeuf, le Cheval et l'Ane" (5); "L'Ane et la Flûte" (115); and "Le Crocodile et l'Esturgeon" (124). There is a full T of C at the end.

Identifier

en_US 381.1

en_US 13175 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/139349

Language

en_US fre

Publisher

en_US Henri Laurens

en_US Paris

Subject

Florian See all items with this value