La Fontaine Fabeln

Title

en_US La Fontaine Fabeln

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Language note: German

en_US #9 of 15

Jean de La Fontaine, translated by Martin Remané

Creator

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

Contributor

en_US Prause, Josef

Date

2025-05-20T17:10:02Z

2023-07

en_US 1989

Date Available

2025-05-20T17:10:02Z

Date Issued

en_US 1989

Abstract

en_US This is one of a number of purchases made in a visit to Peter Bichsel's shop in Zurich, where I learned that he had purchased at least a part of a significant fable collection of Oscar Liechti. This book with its ten signed plates represents an unusual corner of the collection: publications with extremely limited levels. Having one of only fifteen exemplars, only ten of them for sale, is an achievement for this collection! The plates are impressive. GA shows more interest in accurate anatomy for the two insects than in the narrative's context, though the grasshopper does reach out both arms in supplication. The book actually has two versions of FC, one on the title-page. The two are seen from opposite directions. Does the second have the cheese already in the fox's mouth? Prause's choice of a point of view helps to render the frog in OF competitively large with the ox. "The Two Asses" rightly emphasizes the labor of the gold-bearing ass as against the freedom of the grain-carrier. "Wolf and Dog" has an appropriately questioning look on the face of the wolf before he starts running. The lion in LS is appropriately positioned above the group of three that will get nothing from this hunt. In TMCM, the cat is just outside the door, and one mouse is already beginning to scramble away to safety. In WL, the wolf is on the move toward the stationary lamb: he is the aggressor, as the fable will show. FS presents a large, half-filled vessel between the two characters, with a clear view of its contents. The fox lifts a paw in a vain effort. The stork looms over him in a pose worthy of her victory. The monkey judge appropriately looks down at the two litigating animals, fox and wolf, both of whom he knows to be somehow guilty. Though these comments are short, I hope they express reverence for significant artistic achievement! Not in Bodemann. 8¾" x 12¼". Unpaginated, with text-pages separate from the illustrations.

Identifier

en_US 13402 (Access ID)

uri

https://cdr.creighton.edu/handle/10504/157769

Language

en_US ger

Publisher

en_US Genthin

Subject

Jean de La Fontaine See all items with this value