Jean de la Fontaine Selected Fables Illustrated by Alexander Calder, 1957 handmade figures and roughly translating to the

and roughly translating to the English expression pork barrel) was an illustrated French weekly satirical magazine with anarchist political leanings that was chiefly produced between 1901 and 1912

Signed Italy and numbered on the bottom

I really love the manner in which this woman's face was painted

I believe these were produced in the 1880s

Jean de la Fontaine Selected Fables Illustrated by Alexander Calder, 1957 handmade figures and roughly translating to theI 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,