Fables de la Fontaine 1

Title: Fables de la Fontaine 1
Description: 1956 Fables de la Fontaine 1. Jean A. Mercier. Hardbound. Monaco: Pathé Disques-Albums: S.A.M. Editions Les Flots Bleus. $5 from Luc Gauvreau, Montreal, March, '03.

This is a combination book that includes a 45 rpm record, with eight fables narrated by Gerard Philipe. Its first gift to me is that it shows the source for the illustrations used on the lovely menus produced for La Compagnie Générale Transatlantique in 1957. These are lovely watercolors! Each of the eight fables has a full-page (7¼" x 7¼") colored illustration: MM, "L'Ane et le petit Chien," WL, "Le Singe et le Dauphin," FC, "Le Petit Poisson et le Pêcheur," "Le Coche et la Mouche," and "Le Loup devenu Berger." My prize goes to the milkmaid! She is also on the cover. I do not know if the "1" on the cover and title-page suggests that there are other books of La Fontaine in the series, or merely that La Fontaine is the first in the disque-album series. The hunt continues!
Source: $5 from Luc Gauvreau, Montreal, March, '03.
Date: 1956
Subject: Audio-Visual; Records; The Milkmaid; The Donkey and the Little Dog; The Wolf and the Lamb; The Monkey and the Dolphin; The Fox and the Crow; The Little Fish and the Fisherman; The Coach and the Fly; The Wolf Who Became a Shepherd