The Fables of Jean de La Fontaine
This volume contains the complete works of La Fontaine – all twelve books of his Fables – in which he wittily uses allegory to criticize his contemporaries and the society they live in.
Richly illustrated by Adolf Born, this publication won Third Prize at the Autumn Book Fair, Havlíčkův Brod, 2001.
- Price: 622 CZK
- Size: 210x295 mm
- Number of pages: 588
- Graphic design: Clara Istlerová
- Illustration: Adolf Born
- Available translations: French
The Three Musketeers
The immortal story of four brave men, intrigue at the royal court, romance, and countless other creations of Dumas’s great imagination, all illustrated by the inimitable Adolf Born..
- Price: 622 CZK
- Size: 210x295 mm
- Number of pages: 624
- Graphic design: Clara Istlerová
- Illustration: Adolf Born
- Available translations: French
- Author: Alexandre Dumas
Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
The Brothers Grimm published their vast collection of tales in a "Small Edition" of 50 fairy tales as well. Brio presents them here with more than 300 illustrations by the acclaimed Adolf Born.
- Price: 299 CZK
- Size: 210x295 mm
- Number of pages: 544
- Graphic design: Clara Istlerová
- Illustration: Adolf Born
- Available translations: French
- Author: Adolf Born
The Jungle Book
Kipling's memories of India, where he spent part of his childhood and youth, inspired him to write The Jungle Book (1894) and The Second Jungle Book (1895). The main character of this adventure story is a young boy who grows up under the protection of Akela the wolf, baloo the bear, Kaa the snake, and bagheera the black panther. The Jungle Book became a huge international bestseller soon after its publication. to this day it and its sequel remain some of the most beloved tales of readers of all generations.
- Price: 622 CZK
- Size: 220x300 mm
- Published: 2007
- Number of pages: 544
- Graphic design: Clara Istlerová
- Illustration: Adolf Born
- Translation: Alois a Hana Skoumalovi
- Available translations: engl
- Author: Rudyard Kipling