Fables de La Fontaine, Vol. I, avec de nouvelles gravures executées en relief

Title

en_US Fables de La Fontaine, Vol. I, avec de nouvelles gravures executées en relief

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Language note: French

en_US First edition

en_US La Fontaine

Creator

en_US de La Fontaine, Jean

Contributor

en_US Oudry, Duplat

Date

2016-01-25T16:30:07Z

en_US 1997-11

en_US 1811

Date Available

2016-01-25T16:30:07Z

Date Issued

en_US 1811

Abstract

en_US This pair of volumes represents quite a little find. As I learned from a David O'Neal offering of the books, this edition represented a first in printing history. Duplat's experiment in relief engraving in stone combined relief etching and engraving with a tool but the actual printing was done from a stereotype made from the stone. The opening avertissement promises other volumes done similarly, but apparently they never appeared. The same statement is firm in saying that the price will not go over 7.5 Francs for the pair of volumes (double that on better paper)! It says that there are 266 engravings. Bodemann (#212.1) finds 269 engravings, eight of them in the Life of Aesop, and notes that some of the engravings were done by Moreau le jeune. Those for VII 10 and XI 2 are done after Moreau's work. Is not the attempt to illustrate Boys in Baskets (100) almost unique? I find that the very small format (6x4 cm) of the illustrations restrains their power. It is hard to understand what is going on in TMCM (18) even though the scene tries to depict a good deal. Among the better illustrations may be 2W (33), since it expresses action and emotion and manages to include the major elements of the fable, including a mirror. FM (144) is dramatic, and The Horse Wanting to Avenge Itself Against the Stag (150) is highly energetic. Over the sick lion's cave Passe-port is written as though on a sign (230). As Bodemann notes, some fables (like FS, 35) get two illustrations. MSA (85) gets five. She also points out that this is the first La Fontaine edition to illustrate the life of Aesop.

Identifier

en_US 3181 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/78581

Language

en_US fre

Publisher

en_US Ant. Aug. Renouard

en_US Paris

Subject

en_US PQ1808.A1 1811

en_US Jean de La Fontaine

en_US Title Page Scanned

Type

en_US Book, Whole