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1980? Feedsack cloth picturing CP. 32" x 10¾". $22.50 from elianabelle920 through Ebay, Nov., '22.

This is a lovely long stretch of blue cloth. I wonder if finding it sets me off a new search for fable feedsack cloths! Who would have thought…

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1998 Félix Lorioux Plates. Two from a set of 72 reproductions, 8.5" x 11" each: "Le Rat de Ville et le Rat des Champs" title page and guitar-playing grasshopper from GA. Reproduced from Lorioux' Fables de La Fontaine (Hachette, 1921). Free samples…

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2011 Royal Ceram Les Fables de La Fontaine Fèves Ceramique. Complete set. Between $3.51 and $4.10 for each of the twelve pieces from Genealogos on Ebay, July, '20.

This is a totally surprising set of miniature tiles. "Feves" in French are "fava…

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2011 Complete set of nine "Au Fournil" feves. €12.50 from ptijacky through Ebay, Feb., '24. Extras of Lamb and Stork Fèves from "La Fontaine au Fournil." €1.40 each from Un monde de collection through Ebay, Dec., '23.

"Fournil" means bakehouse,…

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1980 8 different fables illustrated by fèves. From various vendors online and at French flea markets, through August, '15. One duplicate of TMCM as a cadeau offered with other fèves.

As can happen with such small sculptures, the results are…

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1980 12 different fables illustrated by fèves. From various vendors online and at French flea markets, through August, '15.

These "beans" combine two characters in one scene, often with simple and even garish coloring. Simple forms. Are these…

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1901 FG by Grün. "Fables de La Fontaine." Cover, Le Sourire, July 6, 1901. €10 at Clignancourt, July, '17

Is the joke here that the man has consumed sour grapes and is now vomiting? And the woman seems to be enjoying it? Help!

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2020 FG tie created by Custom Cravatieur, gift of Anna Sniezek. Nov., '20.

This wonderfully thoughtful gift comes from a student whom I had taught twice. I also served as "talent" in a major psychology project. A little research found the…

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1997 Figures of walking tortoise (#7) and sleeping hare (#13) with runners' numbers. The former is 2½" long, while the latter is 3" long. $5 each from Fredda Ecker of Rainbow Miniatures at NY flea market, April, '97.

On a Sunday in Chelsea, I…

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1955 First day Cancellation of Florian anniversary stamp and postcard, April 2, 1955. Cancelled at his birthplace, Sauve (Gard). $5 from Topical Paradise Limited, Oct., '12.

This postcard is made out in print to Editions Bourgogne, Dijon,…
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