Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Illustrated Fables

la fontaine title page


rat


cobbler


milkmaids and donkey riders


2 dressed dogs


arguing runaway children



boys with guns and a pipe


ant and grasshopper


This 56 page book of traditional childrens' fables from ~1900 with illustrations by the great Maurice Boutet de Monvel is online at the Library of Congress. They have enormous images available if wanted - hence, clicking the above images will give larger versions. Fulltable have an abbreviated set of english pages in thumbnail format. Also see previously: Vielles Chansons.

100 Years of Illustration on Maurice Boutet de Monvel, from last year.

And while on the subject of kiddywinks...

pots arguing

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