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2001 Anthologie des Fables de La Fontaine. Choisies et lues par Michel Leeb. Illustrées par Philippe de Kemmeter. Hardbound. Paris: Éditions du Layeur. €10 from an unknown source, August, '12.

This is a curious book, with a fine CD. The…

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1900? Antique Victorian Die Cut Paper Art Fable Set of 12. $100 from Chickadeepick through Ebay, March, '23.

These fragile papers are exquisite! Many seem to work out to a standard rectangular size. Numbers mark them as part of a series with…

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2017 "Arama" card of three stamps (2 of each) with a cover "Parables of the Sages." ID 026724. "The Fox in the Vineyard," "The Reed and the Cedar," and "The Lion and the Heron." $21 from Joshua Jacobovits, Shiloh, Israel, through eBay, July,…

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1923 Argosy of Fables: Kroma-Paket. Kroma Paket No. 3. Pictures to Color--A New Kind of Outline Reproduction. Sandusky, OH/NY: The American Crayon Company. $3 from John Pacheco, Wallingford, CT, through Ebay, Feb., '01.

The pictures are…

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1984 Arthur Court Aesop's Fables tray featuring FWT. Heavy aluminum serving tray measuring approximately 24¼" x 15⅝ at the widest points.

The verso actually reads "Aesops fables by Arthur Court copyrighted 1984." The tray depicts foxes with a…

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2020 Fox and Grapes Hard Enamel Pin. By Artsquach. About 2½” x 2 ½”. $14 from ArtSquatch through Etsy, July, ’21.

This is a beautiful pin that I missed when I first ordered a heron from ArtSquatch. This fox, like Caxton’s, just looks at the…

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2020 Heron and Snail Hard Enamel Pins. By Artsquach. Heron about 2½” x 2 ½”. $14 from ArtSquatch through Etsy, Dec., ’20. Smaller snail purchased from Artsquatch through Etsy for $8, July, ’21.

This is the most glorious fable heron I think I…

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This set of dust-jackets is unusual in two ways. First, it features original fables by someone other than either La Fontaine or Florian. Secondly, it seems not to be advertising anything. It lists only the printer Vagné in Pont-à-Mousson. Lovely…

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2008? Aunt DeeDee Tells Aesop's Fables and Other Tales. DVD. Debbie Deane. Down Memory Lane. $10 from Down Memory Lane through Ebay, May, '09.

This DVD offers vigorous tellings of eight Aesop's fables along with two others. The fables are…

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2009 Auricolae: Fairy Tales Folklore & Fables. Storytelling and music for violin, cello and narrator. Artistic Director and narrator David Yang. $4.99 from Second Spin Disk, Plainville, CT, through Ebay, May, '20.

Here is a delightful…
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