Poesies et Fables a l'Usage de la Jeunesse

Title

en_US Poesies et Fables a l'Usage de la Jeunesse

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Language note: French

Gathered by A(lbert) Charlier

Creator

en_US Charlier, Albert See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Kirchhoff, Johann Jakob

Date

2025-05-20T17:10:22Z

2024-04

en_US 1845

Date Available

2025-05-20T17:10:22Z

Date Issued

en_US 1845

Abstract

en_US Here is an unusual book of 46 pages. It combines religious and admonitory poetry with fables. Apparently Kretschmar had recently published an illustrated volume in French of German poems and fables that speak to infancy or youth. Charlier here sets out to create such a volume of French texts. Charlier believes that Germany supplies many more such texts suitable for young people. There are fables here, like Florian's "Le Chien et le Chat" and La Fontaine's "Le Renard, le Loup, et le Cheval." Did Charlier take the Kirchoff illustrations used in that volume translated from German? Fable images include "Stallion and Wasp" (11); "Peacock and Hen" (13); OF (27); and many others. One of the best illustrations comes on 21. A young lamb puts on his master's wolfskin, wanting to scare other sheep. Immediately the shepherd's dog comes up and, taking him for a wolf, bites him painfully on the ear. The shepherd has to save this sheep. Lying, even in play, is a bad idea. This fable gives a good sense of the tenor of this book: highly admonitory. 5¾" x 8¼".

Identifier

en_US 13588 (Access ID)

uri

https://cdr.creighton.edu/handle/10504/157950

Language

en_US fre

Publisher

en_US Eduard Kretzschmar

en_US Leipzig, Germany

Subject

Various See all items with this value