Fables de La Fontaine

Abstract

This 24-page pamphlet contains ten fables arranged in an unusual rhythm that alternates two pages of cartoons with two pages of text. The cartoon pages, which show excellent sense of color and form, contain important phrases from the fables under and around their images. Among the best scenes are the frog stretcher-bearers for OF on 6, the various scenes between the banker and the shoemaker on 12-13, and the rat's scissors for LM on 22. A delightful and well preserved little book.. Paquet's cover-illustration appears to be signed in 1945.