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Fables, Vol. I
No full textEighteen months ago I thought that purchasing a set of Rousset for about 300 may have been another mistake. But it has been a fascinating mistake! Why? First, this set of four volumes is signed by the author. Secondly, there is a surprising pattern: though some images overlap in the two sets, images missing in that set are in this set and vice versa. Thus this copy lacks the decorative title-page, an image of an inscribed log with surrounding leafage. On that page we find In this deep impression "Imp. Dantzell. Lyon," about as close as either version comes to announcing a publisher. Our new volume has a title-page beginning Livre I with a cherub. Our new volume does not have for the first fable the full-page image of a figure (Poesie?) looking over the shoulder of another figure (Sagesse?). But fable II in the new-bought copy has an image of a narcissus and a butterfly. It has full-page images for Fables III and VI but none for VII, which has an image in the earlier copy. And so it goes, apparently throughout the volume. How strange! At last in Book II Fable III both have the identical full-page illustration. There is a third anomaly here. The printer or bookbinder botched his job! This volume is missing 121 to 172. It skips from III 5 to IV 6. That segment is found in the middle of an even greater lapse in the second volume (120 to 240). My! In this volume, a particularly good image portrays a group of rats abandoning a house for Book II Fable VIII, an illustration not present in the other version. Another is "Lion and Ass" facing 280 (also not in the earlier copy). My favorite printer's device is on 58: A lion plays piano. Many of these devices are lively! The illustration facing 52 has a fine moral: "Les bons et les méchants pursuivent le Bonheur. Mais les bons seuls peuvent l'atteindre." 285 pages, followed by a T of C for the five books here. The illustrated interior title-page pays homage to Aesop and La Fontaine. I am not so sure the fables do. 5.5" x 8.5".This is a hardbound book (hard cover)Language note: FrenchAlexis Rousse
Fables, Vol. III
No full textThis third volume, covering Books XI-XV on 240 pages, continues the mysteries of the first two. It lacks not only the closing T of C but also the title-page found at the beginning of Volume II of the two-volume set, and so it lacks the publisher and date (1856) found there. The major anomaly in this third volume is that it ends at 240, while the equivalent segment of the two-volume set has 19 more fables to go in Book XV and ends on 288. Was the printer of this set intoxicated? Did Rousset publish one long work and then another longer one, including some of the earlier illustrations? The same pattern holds concerning images: while there are some repeaters from the two-volume set, there are many more images here and many of them were not in that set. I noticed five such images and checked their fables. In XII 6 on 65, a bear learns from a monkey that taking revenge on the insult from a horse deprives one of the right to complain. At XII 10 (73) a lion shames a vulture about to eat a chick and then eats a mother sheep and her lamb! At XIII 17 on 146, a horse does a lot of complaining while an ass traveling the same route with him sees it as the common lot, even for people. At XV 7 on 235, a tamer is held by the chain as much as the lion is. At XV 11 on 224, "Fly and Ant" recoups GA but with little sympathy for the fly.This is a hardbound book (hard cover)Language note: FrenchAlexis Rousse
Fables, Vol. IV
No full textThis fourth volume, covering Books XVI-XX, continues the mysteries of the first three. It ends abruptly after 239 rather than after 288, with neither a T of C for Volume IV nor an AI for Volumes I-IV. That AI apparently indicates where illustrations should occur in the four volumes. The same pattern occurs here as elsewhere: though the illustrations are more frequent here than in the two-volume edition, the overlap between the two sets is random. The images for the five fables investigated here do not occur there. In XVI 18 (42), the flower at the edge of the abyss that topples two children is pleasure. At XVIII 3 (110), the wolf steals from the lion; when the lion apprehends him, he lets him go. "A good turn is the noblest revenge." In XIX 6 (163), the bear tells the dog that he has had enough of human selfishness. Their conversation softens him from the human brutishness he has learned. In XIX 10 (174), a lion who has lost in battle tries to become a construction worker with beavers and turns out to be a poor workman. "He who shines at the top level loses his brilliance in the second level." In XIX 19 (196) a fox preacher is found out: when vice leaves us, we flatter ourselves that we are leaving it. In XX 12 (237) we meet the "Ass As Artist": however much he loves music and tries to learn it, an ass cannot learn and finally needs to go to the slaughterhouse: "A braying donkey loses his mouth."This is a hardbound book (hard cover)Language note: FrenchAlexis Rousse
Fables, Vol. II
No full textThis second volume, covering Books VI-X on 288 pages, continues the mysteries of the first. It is missing 121-242 but includes at that point 121-172 of the first volume. The same pattern concerning illustrations continues. Some overlap, but – though this volume has more than that – many here are not there and vice versa. This volume thus includes a good image that should have appeared in the first volume for fox and dog, here facing (mispaginated) 127. At VII 3 (60) a pagan makes an idol of clay so that he can break it when it does not answer his prayers. "Bear and Monkey" (VII 16 on 91) is a good fable. A bear who finds a hammer learns to begin and keep working in order to craft a dwelling. VIII 1 (103) has a lively image for "The Bored Man and Three Guests." In X 18 (247) a pig will not associate with a donkey because it is beneath him. Finally in X 28 (268) we find the engaging fable of the beggar and the booklover. The former begs to spend time in the library because "I am like those books": "Je suis jaune, flétri, couvert d'un parchemin; mais j'ai vécu beaucoup, et je sais tant de choses!" 285 pages with a T of C at the end.This is a hardbound book (hard cover)Language note: FrenchAlexis Rousse
Fables, Vol. III and IV
No full textThis second volume contains Tomes III and IV, including 29 and 33 illustrations, respectively. By contrast with the first volume, this volume declares its publisher and date of publication. It was printed in Lyon, and "Lyon" is printed on book's spine along with "1856." Book XI Fable 5 has Venus admiring a rose but wondering why its time is so brief. The rose responds that many things suffer similarly. Venus asks "Which things?" The rose answers "Three. Good weather. The favor of great people. Love and promises of beautiful women." The third is the most biting, but then roses always have cruel thorns. Book XV Fable 18 has wisdom visiting a hypocrite hermit. From outside, she becomes aware of a dagger. Invited in for a while, she refuses, saying that he has two voices: one soft and welcoming and the other with odious designs. This latter voice leaves through his eyes. The printer's design at the end of this fable is excellent (III, 253). Book XVIII Fable 20 has a representative full-page illustration facing 149. A gadfly overcomes a lion and celebrates his victory. He will be king, mentor, father and dictate law to people. "The lion has lived; let us pursue our work." As he is governing the globe in his thoughts, a passing wren swallows him. L'homme propose, et Dieu dispose."This is a hardbound book (hard cover)Language note: FrenchAlexis Rousse
Fables, Vol. I and II
No full textThis pair of volumes contains two tomes each, containing in all seventeen livres of fables. The pair are among the more curious in this collection. I will even admit that purchasing them may have been a mistake. I had long noticed them on ABE in a lovely four-volume edition selling for some $380; when I noticed this less expensive version, I went for it. Now I am surprised to find no reference to it in either Bodemann or Shapiro's "The Fabulists French." The four tomes include some 27, 25, 29 and 33 illustrations, respectively. The artists for these are listed in a table at the end of the whole work: Reignier, Chaine, Bonirote, Farine, Guy, Fonville, Laurasse, Pinet, Gaillard, , Genod, Dupuis, Allemand, and one indicated as "Martin D…y." Cataloguing this volume is difficult because neither of its two tomes indicates a publisher or date of publication. They were printed in Lyon. "Lyon" is also printed on the spine of both volumes. There seem to have been several publications of this work, starting with one from Lyon in 1848. The first fable presents the birth of fable. Wisdom was rejected by people but is then rescued by Poetry (fiction and form) and Nature (setting and characters with their habits). Wisdom provides the moral sense that guides and reforms. Success! Book V Fable 16 has Misfortune knock at the hut of a woodcutter asking for lodging. He already is lodging Misery. Misfortune tells him to look out the window to see Prosperity. "Misfortune and Prosperity are often close to each other." Book VIII Fable 20 has a disliked miser go complaining to his neighbor: nothing goes well. For the neighbor everything goes well. How so? "Je suis liberal." Some of the printer's designs, like that here on 152 of the second Tome, are more attractive than many of the full-page illustrations. Representative examples of the latter are "Crime and the Poor Man" on 195 of the first Tome and "Le Lierre et l'Ormeau" facing 113 of the second Tome.This is a hardbound book (hard cover)Language note: FrenchAlexis Rousse
Territoire du Haut Chari et du haut Oubangui. Explorations Alexis Rousset, Aug. Chevalier, Superville et Bos
No full textTerritoire du Haut Chari et du haut Oubangui. Explorations Alexis Rousset, Aug. Chevalier, Superville et Bos. In: Annales de Géographie, t. 12, n°64, 1903. pp. 378-381
Territoire du Haut Chari et du haut Oubangui. Explorations Alexis Rousset, Aug. Chevalier, Superville et Bos
No full textTerritoire du Haut Chari et du haut Oubangui. Explorations Alexis Rousset, Aug. Chevalier, Superville et Bos. In: Annales de Géographie, t. 12, n°64, 1903. pp. 378-381
Catalogue des tableaux, estampes du XVIIIe siècle..., objets d'art, meubles anciens... le tout provenant de la succession de feu M. Alexis Rousset,...
No full text[Vente. Art. 1886-01-18 - 1886-01-29. Lyon][Collection. Art. Rousset, Alexis. 1886]Référence bibliographique : Lugt, 45339Appartient à l’ensemble documentaire : VenteEST2Avec mode text
Alexis Wright interview
No full textCoincidentally tonight, as governments continue to grapple with the on-going social crisis in Aboriginal communities, Indigenous author Alexis Wright has just been announced as the winner of the Miles Franklin Award, Australia's most prestigious literary prize, for her second novel Carpentaria. An Indigenous member of the Waanyi nation of Queensland's far north, and long-time activist on Aboriginal affairs, Alexis Wright's sweeping, poetic book explores the rich mythology, chequered history and present day drama of her Gulf country homeland, and was praised by judges as the standout in a highly competitive field, which included dual Booker Prize winner, Peter Carey
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