Im Land der Märchen und Fabeln.

Abstract

A big, inexpensive, mass-produced book for popular cosumption. There are fifteen fables from La Fontaine, starting on 150 at the end. Their illustrations are lively, colorful, and sentimental. I had the impression that I have seen them before, and was lucky enough to track down where: a number of these illustrations appeared in Fables de la Fontaine, illustrated by Monique Gorde (1975?). The best illustration may be that of the overblown frog on 165. The animal characters tend to wear caps and scarves. The German prose is set as though it were in verse. T of C at the rear.