Trois Fables de La Fontaine (Three Fables by La Fontaine)

Jean de La Fontaine

Pasadena: Karen Dawson, 1965. 21 pp. Approx. 1 1/16 x 1 7/16". Vellum covers with title in gilt on spine, in French, letterpress by William Cheney, illustrations by Guillaume du Chenais, slight wear in that the book remains open and covers are slightly bent; otherwise in near-fine condition. (Bradbury, Dawson 22)

The three fables in this book are La Cigale et la fourmi (The Grasshopper and the Ant), Le Corbeau et le Renard (The Fox and the Crow), and Le Renard et les Raisins (The Fox and the Grapes). Karen Dawson is the daughter of Glen and Mary Helen Dawson of the well-known Dawson's Book Shop in Los Angeles. Glen Dawson published his first miniature book in 1949 and both of his daughters published book as well.

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