La Fontaine's Fables Now First Translated from the French By Robert Thomson With Elegant Engraved Figures, Vol. II

Title

en_US La Fontaine's Fables Now First Translated from the French By Robert Thomson With Elegant Engraved Figures, Vol. II

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Original language: fre

en_US First edition

en_US Robert Thomson

Creator

en_US Croxall, Samuel (translator)

Contributor

en_US Perdoux

Date

2016-01-25T16:30:02Z

en_US 1998-12

en_US 1806

Date Available

2016-01-25T16:30:02Z

Date Issued

en_US 1806

Abstract

en_US See my comments on Volume I. Now only some pages are blue. Frontispiece is an oval portrait of La Fontaine. Books IV to VI, preceded by A Sketch of Aesop's Life from Croxall and followed by a T of C. Here there are twelve of the smaller duplicate illustrations: IV 1 Lion in Love; IV 9 BF; IV 12 Tribute to Alexander; IV 14 Wolf, the Goat and the Kid; IV 21 Eye of the Master; V 4 Hare and His Ears; V 8 Horse and Wolf (signed Ransonette Fils 1823); V 15 Stag and the Vine; V 19 Lion Going to War; VI 6 Fox, the Monkey, and Other Animals; VI 10 TH; and VI 21 Young Widow. Increasingly, these tend to group a number of static animals. The lack of dynamism in TH (114) for example is disappointing. VI 15, The Fowler, the Hawk, and the Lark, shows much more dynamism, especially in the black-ink version. Another favorite of mine is V 8, The Horse and the Wolf. The signed Perdoux series here includes: IV 2 Shepherd and Sea, V 1 Woodman and Mercury, V 11 Fortune and the School-boy, and VI 3 SW. There are two illustrations not included in either of these series: a larger sketch (3 x 4.75) of IV 2 Shepherd and Sea by J.F. Millet (born in 1814) and a more elaborate second illustration (3.4 x 4.75) of VI 21 Young Widow (Fr. Flameng). Examination of this volume has helped me to formulate questions about the date and making of this work. Might the text be printed in 1806, an authentic first edition? And might the illustrations have been added later? Note the illustrations dated 1823 by Ransonette (V 8) and by Millet (IV 2), who was born in 1814.

Identifier

en_US 3158 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/78560

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Chenu, Libraire-Editeur

en_US Paris

Subject

en_US PQ1811.E3T56 1806

en_US La Fontaine

en_US Title Page Scanned

Type

en_US Book, Whole