La Fontaine Fables

Title

en_US La Fontaine Fables

Description

en_US Language note: French

en_US First edition

Jean de La Fontaine

Creator

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

Contributor

en_US Foulquier, Jean Adolphe Valentin

en_US Poujoulat, Jean Joseph Francis

Date

2022-11-07T16:12:52Z

2022-07

en_US 1875

Date Available

2022-11-07T16:12:52Z

Date Issued

en_US 1875

Abstract

en_US I was surprised to learn of the existence of this substantial work as I prepared for a trip to France. I saw it there and was willing to consider it for €500. When I came home, I decided to check online to see if it might otherwise be available. Here it is, for less than a quarter of the price! As the seller says, "Belle édition des fables de La Fontaine illustrée d'un portrait en frontispice tiré sur Chine et monté ainsi que 50 ravissantes eaux-fortes tirées sur Chine et rapportées en tête des fables. Premier tirage des illustrations de Valentin Foulquier (1822-1896). Vicaire IV-908." The very first fable illustration shows good originality: the grasshopper intrudes on a gathering of five people, not necessarily presented as a family. They motion her back out of the door of the room into which she has intruded. The figure of the wolf encountering the stocky human "dog" (8) is mysterious, almost half-animal and half-human. CJ takes us into the bookseller's shop (32). FK (81) shows the aggressive arrival of the stork just before touching down. In "The Lion in Love," the young woman herself cuts the lion's nails (103). In "The Miser with Buried Treasure" we see the thief watching the miser at the entrance to a tunnel (135). The body positions of the old man and three youths are eloquent (407). Slipsheets. 484 pages. 7¼" x 10½". Images are 3¾" x 2½". What a treasure!

Identifier

en_US 351.1

en_US 13130 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/139304

Language

en_US fre

Publisher

en_US Alfred Mame

en_US Tours

Subject

Jean de La Fontaine See all items with this value