Fabulas: Esopo, Fedro, Samaniego, Iriarte
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1950
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Fable books were hard to find in Barcelona. I was surprised to come across this at the Sunday morning flea market -- and even more surprised to see the €60 price tag! This is a dust-jacketed paperbound book of some 121 pages with a T of C at the end. It is divided into segments for Aesop, Phaedrus, Samaniego, and Iriarte. Each page features a block of yellow and black. Print and image are included in the block, with illustrations well arranged around the text. Every fable starts a new page. Samaniego offers "La Hermosa y el Espejo" (84-85). A beautiful woman cannot stand what the mirror reveals to her. If you look to your friends only to commend your good qualities, who will show you what you need to correct? Iriarte, as expected, is mostly answering critics and competitors. In "La Rana y la Galllina" (104), he has this good moral: "He who makes something may be silent about it; he who makes nothing has to be silent." Perhaps the strongest illustration is of the cat-like bride seizing the mouse on 67. Also good is the monkey hanging in the butcher's shop (38). I think the vendor knew how desperate I was to find worthy things in Spanish. The book is marked €30 on its title page, but it was wrapped in cellophane that said clearly "€60." I think I just found a copy online for €9! 6" x 8½".
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Editorial Miguel A. Salvatella
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