Doré's Illustrations for the Fables of La Fontaine

Gustave Doré

• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN:
  9780486429779
• eBook ISBN:
  9780486169507
• Topic: Art
• Subtopic: Artist Monographs

At the age of 16, Gustave Doré was the highest-paid illustrator in France. Twenty years later, in 1868, at the peak of his artistic genius, he produced magnificent illustrations for Jean de La Fontaine's witty and high polished Fables ― poems and timeless tales with charming images of country folk and animal life, as well as heroes from Greek mythology and creatures from fables by Aesop. This collection includes all 84 full-page plates plus 39 vignettes from a rare, early edition and includes, among others, scenes from "The Wolf and the Lamb," "The Lion and the Gnat," "The Hare and the Tortoise," and "Ulysses' Companions."

VIGNETTES

The Lion and the Gnat.

The Frog and the Rat.

The Frogs Who Asked for a King.

The War Between the Rats and the Weasels.

The Frog That Wanted to Make Itself as Big as an Ox.

The Cat and the Old Rat.

Death and the Woodcutter.

The Satyr and the Passerby.

The Shepherd and the Sea.

The Council Held by the Rats.

The Elderly Man and His Children.

The Man and the Wooden Idol.

The Animals Sickened by the Plague.

The Dragon with Many Heads and th...

Table of contents

• THE WOLF AND THE LAMB
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Publisher’s Note
• Table of Contents
• List of Vignettes
• THE GRASSHOPPER AND THE ANT
• THE TWO MULES
• THE SWALLOW AND THE LITTLE BIRDS
• THE CITY RAT AND THE COUNTRY RAT
• DEATH AND THE WOODCUTTER
• THE OAK AND THE REED
• THE COUNCIL HELD BY THE RATS
• THE LION AND THE GNAT
• THE LION AND THE RAT
• THE HARE AND THE FROGS
• THE PEACOCK COMPLAINS TO JUNO
• THE MILLER, HIS SON, AND THE ASS
• THE WOLF WHO BECAME A SHEPHERD
• THE FROGS WHO ASKED FOR A KING
• THE FOX AND THE GRAPES
• THE WOLVES AND THE FLOCK OF SHEEP
• PHILOMEL AND PROGNE
• THE CAT AND THE OLD RAT
• THE LOVELORN LION
• THE SHEPHERD AND THE SEA
• THE MONKEY AND THE DOLPHIN
• THE WOLF, THE MOTHER, AND THE CHILD
• THE MISER WHO LOST HIS TREASURE
• THE EYE OF THE MASTER
• THE LARK AND HER BABIES AND THE LANDOWNER
• THE WOODMAN AND MERCURY
• THE LITTLE FISH AND THE FISHERMAN
• THE OLD WOMAN AND THE SERVANT-GIRLS
• THE HORSE AND THE WOLF
• FORTUNE AND THE CHILD
• THE DOCTORS
• THE HEN WITH GOLDEN EGGS
• THE STAG AND THE VINE
• THE EAGLE AND THE OWL
• THE BEAR AND THE TWO FRIENDS
• THE STAG SEES HIS REFLECTION
• THE PEASANT AND THE SNAKE
• THE SICK LION AND THE FOX
• THE CARTER STUCK IN THE MUD
• THE YOUNG WIDOW
• THE ANIMALS SICKENED BY THE PLAGUE
• THE MAIDEN
• THE VULTURES AND THE PIGEONS
• THE MILKMAID AND THE PITCHER
• THE TWO FOWLS
• AN ANIMAL IN THE MOON
• THE COBBLER AND THE BANKER
• THE LION, THE WOLF, AND THE FOX
• THE DOG THAT CARRIES HIS MASTER’S DINNER AROUND HIS NECK
• THE BEAR AND THE AMATEUR GARDENER
• TIRCIS AND AMARANTE
• THE RAT AND THE ELEPHANT
• THE PASHA AND THE MERCHANT
• THE TORRENT AND THE RIVER
• THE TWO DOGS AND THE DEAD ASS
• THE WOLF AND THE HUNTER
• THE TWO PIGEONS
• THE MADMAN WHO SOLD WISDOM
• THE OYSTER AND ITS CLAIMANTS
• JUPITER AND THE TRAVELER
• THE CAT AND THE FOX
• THE MONKEY AND THE CAT
• TWO RATS, THE FOX, AND THE EGG
• THE FISH AND THE CORMORANT
• THE SHEPHERD AND THE KING
• THE FISH AND THE SHEPHERD WHO PLAYED THE FLUTE
• THE TWO ADVENTURERS AND THE TALISMAN
• THE RABBITS
• THE LION
• THE PEASANT FROM THE DANUBE
• THE OLD MAN AND THE THREE YOUNG MEN
• THE MICE AND THE OWL
• ULYSSES’ COMPANIONS
• THE TWO GOATS
• THE AILING STAG
• THE EAGLE AND THE MAGPIE
• LOVE AND FOLLY
• THE FOREST AND THE WOODMAN
• THE FOX AND THE HEN TURKEYS
• THE ENGLISH FOX
• THE LEAGUE OF THE RATS
• DAPHNIS AND ALCIMADURA
• THE ARBITRATOR, THE ALMS-GIVER, AND THE HERMIT
• VIGNETTES