Jean de la Fontaine Selected Fables Illustrated by Alexander Calder, 1957 handmade figures and the front snaps closed

and the front snaps closed in a most satisfying way

done on the back of an advertisement for a shredded wheat sponsored drawing content

This bear is in excellent condition

with two tiny dots for a nose

Jean de la Fontaine Selected Fables Illustrated by Alexander Calder, 1957 handmade figures and the front snaps closedI was just saw a beautiful Alexander Calder show at Moma and have had Calder on the brain, so was delighted to find this one this weekend, which I think is pure joy. Jean de La Fontaine (1621 95) collected fables from a wide variety of sources, both Western and Eastern, and adapted them into French free verse, publishing these in several volumes from 1668 to 1694, which became classics of French literature. For this book published by George Brazilier,