Les Fables de La Fontaine: Un livre-théâtre avec de magnifiques illustrations réalisées en papiers découpés

Abstract

What a piece of work! This oversize (13½ x 9¼) landscape book contains eight open-faced spreads of pages. On the left is a text. On the right is a stage frame with two dimensions of players and other items on the stage. The effect as the book is open to any given page is three dimensional. The artwork and papercutting are both splendid! The back-cover describes these as the eight incontournables fables of La Fontaine, which means something like the eight that cannot be overlooked. They are FC, GA, TH, TMCM, OF, DW, LM, and FS. My favorites are OF, DW, and FS. I will be curious to see how the paper engineering lasts. For now, this book is a treasure!