[GrannyGrump]

Throwing this question out for feedback ---

I wanted to rehab and upload to the MR Library a book of Aesop's Fables that was illustrated by the great Arthur Rackham.

Unfortunately, the translation that was used for the "Rackham" edition is probably still under copyright for "Life+70" --- (V.S. Vernon-Jones, probably 1875-1955, biographical data is almost non-existent, and hard to verify.)

So, because I really want to use the Rackham illustrations, I considered using text from another translator, which would have to be the George F. Townsend (1814-1900) translation from 1882. Text is a bit more flowery and dated than the Vernon-Jones translation.

So what is your opinion? Is it total heresy to marry the illustrations to a different text?

Would you read a book which had been assembled in this fashion?

Or would your indignation-meter redline?

(of course, I would add a clear explanatory note on the forum post, and within the book.)

Please share your opinion!