Les Fables de La Fontaine
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Author
La Fontaine, Jean de
Lebret, G
Date
1946. Dargaud S.A. Éditeur. Paris
Category
La Fontaine.
Language note: French.
Call No:
PZ24.2.L3 Fabl 1946 (Carlson Fable Collection, BIC bldg)
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1946
La Fontaine
Language note: French
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One of the most playful books I have seen in a while. Sections of La Fontaine's text are numbered to correspond to cartoon pictures. There is lots of wit here. A steam kettle boiling in one picture (DW) is smelled in the next! Imagination stamps these illustrations. The lion has torn half his skin off in pursuing the mosquito; the dove carries off the fowler's pot, in which the fowler's imagination was already cooking him; the miller's son picks his nose. The Cat and the Old Rat is one of the best here, including the cat's attempt to disguise himself in a bag. Les Animals Malade de la Peste is a magnificent two-page sweep. The last story is also excellent: Le Savetier et le Financier. Twenty-three fables. T of C at the back. The cover is bent at the upper left: my fault for poor packing as I travelled from Santa Clara to Omaha! The spine is also quite weak.