Fables Choisies Mises en Vers par M. de La Fontaine, Tome III

Title

en_US Fables Choisies Mises en Vers par M. de La Fontaine, Tome III

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Language note: French

en_US First and only edition

en_US Adapted and illustrated by Barbara McClintock

Creator

en_US No Author

Contributor

en_US Laprade, Pierre

Date

2016-01-25T19:12:55Z

en_US 2002-09

en_US 1933

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:12:55Z

Date Issued

en_US 1933

Abstract

en_US Bodemann #425. Here is a real treasure! I think I did not realize what I was getting when I bid on this set of books. Each fable has a lovely colored woodcut about a third of a page in size. An early note indicates the woodcut plates were destroyed in the presence of witnesses after the printing of the book. This volume covers Books 9-12. There are again, as in the other two volumes (1930 and 1931), three sets of art work here. Each fable gets a small illustration above its title, done by either Malassis or Money. Among the best of these are Le Mari, la Femme et le Voleur (49); Le Trésor et les deux Hommes (54); Les Deux Aventuriers et le Talisman (119); and Le Singe (243). As Bodemann notes, many of the illustrations move out slightly beyond their rectangular margins. There is also a clever little design between each illustration and its title. A third group of illustrations comprises the decorative compositions of Laprade placed at the beginning of each book. These are light and airy. There is a place-marking ribbon. By contrast with Volume I, this volume has no uncut pages. This volume has at the end an AI of the whole work besides the usual T of C for the individual volume.

Identifier

en_US 4550 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/80210

Language

en_US fre

Publisher

en_US Louis Conard

en_US Paris

Subject

en_US PQ1808.A1 1930c

en_US Jean de La Fontaine

en_US Title Page Scanned

Type

en_US Book, Whole