Fifty Fables of La Fontaine (2013) (Signed by Quentin Blake) (Folio Society)

Bound in Indian goatskin leather with gold foil, printed on Modigliani paper, and limited to just 1,000 copies, each signed by Blake. This being number 644. Deluxe edition published by the Folio Society in 2013. Presents fifty selected fables by 17th-century French writer Jean de La Fontaine, translated into English by Norman R. Shapiro. The collection includes well-known tales like “The Hare and the Tortoise” alongside lesser-known stories such as “The Cat Metamorphosed into a Woman.” Quentin Blake contributed over fifty illustrations that bring each fable to life in his unique style. Condition: fine in slightly sunned slipcase.