Jean de la Fontaine Selected Fables Illustrated by Alexander Calder, 1957 handmade Not a masterpiece but pretty

Not a masterpiece but pretty charming

plus several screw holes on the left and right sides

These are really cool

I love how the spool to her left appears to be falling from the sky

the dots a deep blood red

Jean de la Fontaine Selected Fables Illustrated by Alexander Calder, 1957 handmade Not a masterpiece but prettyI 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,