Fables de Florian
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Florian
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1807
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Correct this prelim report after comparison with the 1792 and 1810 editions. This diminutive volume (3½" x 5") has all five books of Florian's fables with a full-page illustration at the beginning of each book, a frontispiece portrait of Florian, and a printer's design on the title-page. An essay "De la fable" precedes the fables themselves. The illustrations include "Fable and Truth "; "The Mother, the Child, and the Kangaroo"; "The Monkeys and the Leopard"; "The Wise Man and the Farmer"; and "The Shepherd and the Nightingale." I cannot find any identification on these illustrations. AI at the end. Not in Bodemann. A little research suggests that this edition belongs in Bodemann between #179.3 and #179.4. The frontispiece is a copy of that from #179.3, including the story picture underneath the portrait: a swan pulls a rabbit seated on a float. The first book in that Bodemann number is Florian's first edition in 1792. Apparently Wikipedia mistakenly places that first edition in 1802. This edition includes the epilogue but not "Tobie." #179.3 and #179.4 have, respectively, six and five pla tes. In fact, all four editions seem to have had no more illustrations than one per book. I would love to find a first edition and compare these illustrations with it. What a lovely little find!
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F. Louis, Libraire
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