I.A. Krilov: Basni

Abstract

I find fifty-four fables here on one-hundred-and-twenty pages. The illustrations are done in a very attractive style. The book sustains an unusual individual format for its fables, with text on the left and illustration(s) on the right. Parts of the fable's illustration can easily slip over from one page to another. Among my favorite illustrations here is The Monkey and the Spectacles on 6-7. Another is the dramatic confrontation of cat and pike on 15. Another highly dramatic illustration is that of WC on 95. Quartet is featured on both the cover and 22-26. This is a particularly valuable book because it illustrates so many of Krilov's fables. There is a T of C on the last page. This book seems to have been purchased first at an Ozon bookstore.