This seems to be an exact reprinting of the 1891 version, of which I have a copy. It seems also identical with the 1904 version, of which I also have a copy. Was the series' name in those versions "Classics for Children" ...

Here is Volume Two, found three years after I found Volume One, published in 1955. This Livre-Disque contains eight fables. It is not clear what role Jean Davy et Michel Bouquet play. A 45 rpm record is part of the book; ...

Death and the Dying Man (Book VIII) and The Boaster (Book IX) are the best of the small illustrations in this volume. I do not find them outstanding.

The Fox and the Goat (Book III) and The Monkey and the Dolphin (Book IV) are the best of the small illustrations in this volume. I do not find them outstanding.

There seem to be six stories here. I can recognize The Hare and the Lion from the illustration on 10; at least, I presume that we are dealing here with the Kalila and Dimna story of tricking the tyrant with the image at ...

This is a very inexpensively produced small paperback of 64 pages. It is notable for the simple caricature designs that accompany the fables. There are nice colored renditions of FC and Two Goats on the front and back ...

Here is the one bibliophilic treasure I bring away from my one trip to Poland. Krakow was guaranteed to have more and better bookshops than Warsaw. I found this same book in two of them, but kept only the first, this ...

Interesting remake apparently of the 1993 miniature, with five black-and-white internal illustrations by Olivier Le Pahun. This edition adds a fable, takes away the illustrations, and substitutes for the front cover ...

This is a curious set of six volumes, beautifully bound, replicating the Fessard edition of 1765-75, as the colophon near the end of the book points out. This fifth volume (Books 9 and 10) was published in 1774. I can ...

This is a curious set of six volumes, beautifully bound, replicating the Fessard edition of 1765-75, as the colophon near the end of the book points out. This sixth volume (Books 11 and 12) was published in 1775. I can ...