Krylov, Ivan Andreyevich (1769-1844)

Basni [Fables]

Bayreuth: Lorenz Ellwanger, 1946. Second edition. Original pictorial wrappers. Good. Item #179

Octavo (14.5 x 20.5 cm). 52 pages: illustrations. Text in Russian. Approved by U.N.N.R.A. Team 189. Wear and soil to wrappers. Internally good.

A compilation of children's fables written by the well-known Russian writer, Ivan Krylov published and distributed among the refugees in the displaced persons camps of postwar Germany.

Ivan Andreyevich Krylov (1768-1844) - "Russian writer of innocent-sounding fables that satirized contemporary social types in the guise of beasts. His command of colloquial idiom brought a note of realism to Russian classical literature. Many of his aphorisms have become part of everyday Russian speech" (Encyclopædia Britannica).

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