1990? Les Ineffables de La Fontaine. Par Turier. 24 00 0092. Three cards (out of a larger set?) parodying La Fontaine's fables by putting the characters into sexually compromising scenes. Printed in France. Arcueil: Éditions d'art gnoe. 60 Francs from Normand Antiquités at the Marché Dauphine, Saint-Ouen Clignancourt, May, '97.
In LM, the rat takes sexual advantage of the netted lion, who thinks dark and gloomy thoughts. In OF, the ox inflates the frog. In TMCM, the country mouse discovers to his dismay—as he runs out the door--that the town mouse is gay. The French can do this kind of thing and get away with it!
2009 Les Fables de Roland: Les Animaux d'Esope. Cernuschi. Hardbound. Nimes, France: SDP Le Livre Club. $30.31 from Kbooks, Scarborough, ON, Canada, through eBay, Sept., '13.
"With this book of six puzzles, learn to read while having fun." This "livre-puzzle" offers three Aesopic fables related through pages six of which are picture puzzles. Under the "puzzle" section of this catalogue, I offer pictures of the cover, featuring GA, and of one scene from "The Two Asses." Other fables here are "The Weasel and the Chickens" and "The Dog and His Master." It is curious that the fables pictured on the two covers, GA and TMCM, do not appear in the book. The book itself is sturdy and well made. It is of course rare to see the French featuring Aesop for fables. I list this book among both books and puzzles.
