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1870? Now, in 2022, I am gathering together our 25 broadsides, including three duplicates, from L'Imagerie d'Épinal. These were found in groups at various times. There seem to be two sets of publications. I list a more recent set, differently…

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1840? La Vieille et les Deux Servantes. Broadside. 10.5” x 15.5.” Imagerie Nouvelle. $34.45 from Donald Heald, Sept. 20, '02. Extra copy for perhaps €10, perhaps at St.-Ouen, July, '19.

This broadside features a fable by Jean de la…

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1900? Three broadsides from Imagerie Nouvelle, presenting TB; "The Ass and Lapdog"; and "The Ass Carrying Relics." €9.90 each from bdsetrevuessympas through Ebay, Feb., '23.

As I have remarked about one of the bound versions of Imagerie Nouvelle…

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1890? 11 broadsides labelled “Imagerie Artistique.” Numbered. From Bailly, Paris, June, '17, for €147. TMCM and "Ass Carrying Relics" for €20 each from Bouquinistes, July, '23.

These broadsides are identical with those listed here as from…

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1890? Twenty-five printed sheets, 10¾" x 14½", each featuring an individual fable of La Fontaine. The sheets themselves give no identifying trademark, but these posters are identical with individual pages in two volumes, Imagerie Artistique: 20…

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1952? 16 Fable Posters by Paul Colin. €10 each at Marché Malassis, Saint-Ouen, July, '12. Sixteen posters out of a set of, apparently, 23. 11⅜" x 15¾". Imageries Réunies de Jarville-Nancy. All are between Planche Nr. 2001 and Planche Nr. 2023.…

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1900? Three broadsides apparently from Gordinne in Liège. "Le Renard & la Cicogne, Fable de J. de La Fontaine." No. 104. €6.50 from Laur-art-collection, N.D. de Bordeville, France, through Ebay, March, '22. A second copy and "Le Lion et le…

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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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1950? Twelve large (9½" x 6") sets of puzzle pieces to cut out and assemble to make the central picture. "Les Fables de Nestlé." Numbered 1 through 12, with two sheets together in each case. Seven signed by Benjamin Rabier and five (#2 and #4-7)…

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2011 Box of Chinese characters with pen and booklet. "Fables Selected Enlightenments for Reading." Ben She. Hubei Children's Publishing House. 5¾" x 6". $6.50 from World Books through Ebay, May, '22.

This set has puzzled me for some time. I…
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