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Fables of La Fontaine
(University of Washington Press, 2006)
Here is the second of two extra copies of this book. In 1855 the French caricaturist Honoré Daumier and other artists proposed to illustrate anew the fables of la Fontaine. Their project was never realized, but it inspired ...
Fables of La Fontaine
(University of Washington Press, 2006)
Here is the first of two extra copies of this book. In 1855 the French caricaturist Honoré Daumier and other artists proposed to illustrate anew the fables of la Fontaine. Their project was never realized, but it inspired ...
Jean de La Fontaine: The Fables
(Bloomsbury Books, 1975)
Here is an extra copy of this book. Almost identical with the earlier Jupiter edition, except that this one has a dust jacket and uses better, thinner paper. The Doré illustrations thus come off the page better. The ...
Jean de la Fontaine: Fables ChoisiesI
(Société les belles lettres, 1934)
Here is an extra copy signed by Bernard Knox. I had not been aware that Budé texts include French classics, too. A lovely softbound volume with uncut pages. There are notes at the back, especially on sources and variants. ...
Jean de la Fontaine:Fables ChoisiesII
(Société les belles lettres, 1934)
Here is an extra copy of this book, which belonged to a set owned by Bernard Knox. I had not been aware that Budé texts include French classics, too. A lovely softbound volume with uncut pages. There are notes at the ...
Fables de La Fontaine
(Imagerie d'Épinal, Pellerin & Cie., 1890?)
Here is a second copy of this book with loose early pages. This large (16½ x 12½) book represents a wonderful find. It brings together the broadsides or posters I have found from Pellerin/Épinal, displayed at ...
Aesop Dress'd or a Collection of Fables Writ in Familiar Verse
(Dunda Books, 2011)
The original book of this title was published by Lock's-Head in London in 1704. I have a reprint of that edition by The Augustan Reprint Society (Publication Number 120) at the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library at ...
Aesop Dress'd or a Collection of Fables Writ in Familiar Verse
(Original: London: Lock's-Head. Reprint: Los Angeles: The Augustan Reprint Society Publication Number 120: William Andrews Clark Memorial Library., 1704)
Here is the first of two extra copies. Thirty-eight fables, almost all from LaFontaine, done in couplets apparently based on the rhythms of Samuel Butler. They move along swiftly enough. LaFontaine is clearly behind ...
Fablio the Magician: The Lion and the Gnat, Adapted from La Fontaine's Fable
(R.L. Cavallere Ltd., Londondistributed by David Gold & Son (Holdings) Ltd., 1969)
Here is an English version of original French work. I now have all six of the six books in the English series, four in the French, and one in German. The story starts with Mr Buzz, a mosquito enjoying springtime. He is ...
Fábulas de La Fontaine
(Casa Editorial Calleja, 1918)
Here is a Spanish version of this lovely little book that first appeared in French about 1910. I have the French version in two slightly different forms and an English version from 1922 that adds a number of fables from ...