Fables de M. de Florian

Title

en_US Fables de M. de Florian

Description

en_US Language note: French

en_US Nouvelle edition

Florian

Creator

en_US Florian

Contributor

en_US Émy, Pauquet

Date

2020-01-23T17:38:49Z

2019-06

en_US 1850?

Date Available

2020-01-23T17:38:49Z

Date Issued

en_US 1850

Abstract

en_US This book may represent the first time that I am aware of cataloguing a book virtually identical with another except that this copy has colored illustrations, including an illustration of the frontispiece, "Le Charlatan," on its cover. I presume that the illustrations were colored at the publisher. I seem to have found another colored copy available on French Ebay, but it is quite worn. From what I can tell, the cover illustration there may have been differently colored than the cover illustration here. I have searched in vain to find a firm date for the book, and so I will continue to guess at 1850. The book was one of my first finds during a week in Paris, at Librairie de Sèvres. It has several other minor discrepancies from the non-colored copy. First, the printer on the verso of the first title-page has changed from "Remquet" there to "Bonaventure et Ducessois" here. Secondly, Delarue's address on the second title-page has changed from "3, rue des Grands-Augustins" there to "22, quai des Augustins" here. Finally, on 168, under "Fin de la Table" there is here a second acknowledgement of the printer Bonaventure et Ducessois. The coloring is sometimes a bit garish, especially in overuse of green. The coloring does enhance several of the illustrations, like "Les Deux Voyageurs" (13); "Le Chateau de Cartes" (49); and "Le Paysan et la Rivière" (125). The peacock on 69 is very well portrayed! I will include remarks from that other copy. There are marbled endpapers. There is an AI at the back after 165 pages of fables. I am surprised that the avant-propos finishes on Roman "xx," and the first fable begins on the next page, which begins Arabic numbering and is followed by page "10." There are seven partial-page designs for every book. The engravings are often signed "Coste" or "Jardin." The book measures about 4½" x 7". At the end are the usual copies of "Ruth" and "Tobias."

Identifier

en_US 11625 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/125342

Language

en_US fre

Publisher

en_US Delarue, Libraire-Éditeur

en_US Paris

Subject

Florian