Fables de la Fontaine

Title

en_US Fables de la Fontaine

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Language note: French

en_US Council of Public Instruction for Ontario

Creator

en_US de La Fontaine, Jean

Contributor

en_US de la Nézière, R.

Date

2016-01-25T15:53:51Z

en_US 1993-05

en_US 1926

Date Available

2016-01-25T15:53:51Z

Date Issued

en_US 1926

Abstract

en_US An instant favorite! I had never known of this book, which is not in Bassy. It is in good condition except for a weakening spine and some damage to the cover. Sixty fables with a T of C at the end. Sixteen full-page brightly-colored illustrations on different paper with very lively movement; these are particularly well preserved. There are two black-and-white illustrations per fable except for La Latière (129), which has only one. The match between colored and black-and-white illustrations is extraordinarily good. Nice front and back covers present the cast of characters and the poet himself. Trees are frequently personalized; the frogs romp on a bear of a log (64). Humans often become monkeys. The funniest black-and-white illustration (96) has a horse pulling a rolling scaffold of thirteen people, four children in a coaster cart, an alligator, and a further cast. The secret to the humor of this funny book lies in the use of updated technology. On 11-12, the frog uses a bicycle pump to inflate himself. There is a good splat here! The wolf has a musket against the lamb (21), the mosquito a bow and arrow against the lion (46), the spider--with dead flies pinned to his hat--a butterfly net (49). The pigeon flies an airplane (53), while frogs have umbrellas and bath houses (55). The racing turtle has a cart and a turtle-jockey, while the hare has a bike (117). The tortoise in mid-air is carried between two biplanes (149). A great imaginative lark!

Identifier

en_US 1517 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/77088

Language

en_US fre

Publisher

en_US Maison Alfred Mame et Fils

en_US Tours

Subject

en_US PQ1808.A1 1926a

en_US Jean de La Fontaine

Type

en_US Book, Whole