Myths, legends and fairy tales
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Myths, legends and fairy tales
Description
“Once Upon a Time” is a phrase that we know means our imaginations are about to be taken on an adventure. Fairy tales, myths, and legends often begin with these words, and what follows are fantastical, colourful, absurd tales filled with all sorts of people, animals, and otherworldly creatures. Writers across the Western world began collecting and transcribing local folklore during the 18th and early 19th centuries, and these collected works were hugely popular. In the last quarter of the 19th century, several social and technological advances led to a boom in illustrated volumes of these tales, in what would come to be known as “the Golden Age of Illustration”.
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60 items
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Fables choisies mises en vers
Vol. 1: xxx, xviii, 124 p., [70] plates; volume 2: ii, 135 p., [68] plates; volume 3: iv, 146 p., [68] plates; volume 4: ii, 188 page [69] plates.<br /> <br /> Signatures: vol. 1: a-d² e¹ a-g² h¹ A-Hh² vol. 2: a¹ A-Ll² vol. 3: a² A-Nn² Oo¹ vol. 4: a¹ A-Aaa²<br /> <br /> Plates redrawn for the engravings by Nicholas Cochin from paintings by Jean-Baptiste Oudry, engraved by C.N. Cochin, M. Aubert and others. Includes woodcut floral head and tail pieces from drawings by J.J. Bachelier.<br /> <br /> Woodcut tail-pieces total 209 in the 4 volume<br /> <br /> Vol. 1 includes as a frontispiece an allegorical portrait of La Fontaine designed by J.B. Oudry and engraved by C.N. Cochin, and, following the dedication, a plate containing a portrait of Oudry, engraved by J. Tardieu after a painting done by N. de Largillièrre in 1729.<br /> <br /> Vol. 1 includes "Avertissement de l'éditeur" (a bibliographic history of the Fables, page iii-viii), and "Vie de la Fontaine" (p.ix-xxx).<br /> <br /> Edited by C.P. de Monthenault d'Égly.
