5 Fables de La Fontaine

Title

en_US 5 Fables de La Fontaine

en_US Série Populaire

en_US PE25

Description

en_US Language note: French

en_US Jean de La Fontaine

Creator

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

Contributor

en_US Imagerie d'Épinal

Date

2017-05-15T20:33:56Z

en_US 2015-08

en_US 1895?

Date Available

2017-05-15T20:33:56Z

Date Issued

en_US 1895

Abstract

en_US This is one of three pamphlets of the same size, all marked "Série Populaire" and all about 5¾" x 8". Each of the other pamphlets has eight fables, while this has only five. A dramatic picture of "The Thieves and the Ass" is on the cover, with the beginning of La Fontaine's text for the fable. The texts are always presented. For these five, the texts are actually quite long. The verso of both covers is plain, and the back cover is a simple pattern of a window looking into blue, without any further markings. OR is dramatized with a nobleman opening an umbrella that sweeps him away while a groundling looks on. "The Bear and the Gardener" receives two pages and three illustrations, as does "The Wolf, the Goat, and the Little Goat." All are done with quite precise coloring and Pellerin's typical brightness and sense of area. The final fable, "The Old Man and the Three Young Men," receives five illustrations. The first shows the confrontation: "Why does he plant a tree?" The next three show the deaths of the young men. The fifth may be the best illustration of this booklet: The old man writes onto the grave marker of the three young men. These pamphlets are hard for me to date!

Identifier

en_US 11121 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/112965

Language

en_US fre

Publisher

en_US Imagerie d'Épinal, Pellerin & Cie.

Subject

en_US Jean de La Fontaine See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole