Les Meilleures Fables de Jean de La Fontaine

Abstract

This large (10¾ x 7¼) pamphlet has fifteen lovely aquarelles, one of which (GA) is repeated on the cover, and two black-and-white designs--the latter for the fin page and for the last fable, Le Coche et la Mouche. Fables included are FS, OF, FC, MSA, GA, L'Ours et l'Amateur de Jardins, L'Huitre et les Plaideurs, Le Laboureur et ses Enfants, OR, WL, Les Animaux Malades de la Peste, TH, Le Petit Poisson et le Pecheur, MM, and Le Chat, la Belette et le Petit Lapin. The bear letting go of the huge stone above the gardener may make for the best illustration. Verse texts from La Fontaine. I am grateful for Ebay; otherwise I am not sure how I would find a pretty book like this that must be rare in the United States!