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2015? Set of five matched pairs of fèves representing fables of Jean de La Fontaine. Fabophile. €17.81 from fabofolies through Ebay, Sept., '22.

I am beginning to sense how many sets of fèves must be out there representing La Fontaine's fables.…

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1986 Five identical labels, 3½" x 2", for placement on the neck of a wine bottle. Each says "1986er" below an image, in red, green, gold, yellow, and black, of a fox looking up at grapes. From the vineyards of Friedrich Fuchs? The five were a gift of…

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1987 Five Lionni Classics. 30 minutes. Stories and Images by Leo Lionni. Animation and Direction by Giulio Gianini. Music by Egisto Macchi. Italtoons Corporation. Random House Home Video. ©1986 and 1987 Giulio Gianini/Leo Lionni. $9.99 from the…

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1933 three matted silhouettes by Florence Sampson, taken from or identical with those in "Famous Fables from Aesop." Silhouettes. $6 from janelaine through Ebay, March, '22.

Strong representatives from a good book.

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2004 Foney Fables. 7 cartoons. Warner Brothers: Merrie Melodies. Double D Distribution. $6 from Redmon & Vincent, Cadillac, MI, through Ebay, Oct., '05.

Here, more simply packaged is a DVD already in the collection in a larger jewel case with…

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2006 Foney Fables. 7 cartoons. Warner Brothers: Merrie Melodies. Double D Distribution. $1.99 from Lowell Kotko, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, through Ebay, Oct., '07. One extra copy.

To my surprise, the title cartoon "Foney Fables," second among…

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1906 Print of R. Fontana's 1878 engraving "Aesop Narrating His Fables." The work was originally published as part of the "Exposition Universelle de 1878." $5 from Stephen P. Ryder, Alexandria, VA, through Ebay, Sept., '99.

This black-and-white…

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1878 "Aesop Narrating His Fables" by R. Fontana. Published as part of the "Exposition Universelle de 1878" by Gebbie and Barrie. Gravure by Goupil Companie. Hand tinted with watercolors and sold for $35 by David Eisler (Aylesbury, Bucks, England) at…

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1998 Four "USOPS Fables" First Day of Issue envelopes featuring The "H" Stamp. Postmarked Troy, NY, Nov. 9, 1998. Signed by Doris Gold. $8 fFIP Covers, Melissa, TX through Ebay, April, '08. $5 from rka through Ebay, August, '04. $7 from Eric Wile,…

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1750? Four broadsides of eight illustrations each by Georg Paul Busch from his 117 illustrations for the edition by Abbé Jean-Baptiste Morvan de Bellegarde (Amsterdam 1708). €60 from Antiquariat Kitzinger, Munich, July, '19.

I took time to scan…
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