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1917? "La Fontaine l'avait bien dit!..." "Dessins de Louis Morin." Paris: Imprimerie Montsouris, P. Orsoni, directeur." Essay by Georges Blondel on the verso. 21½" x 14½. Perhaps €15, perhaps in St.-Ouen.

A fascinating piece of work with…

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1960? Eighteen reproductions of posters done about 1890 by Maison Quantin. The artists include H. Vogel, Gaston Gélibert, Mangonot, Godefroy, Etienne-Maurice-Firmin Bouisset, (Anatole Paul?) Ray, Job (=Jacques Marie Gaston Onfroy de Breville), and…

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1950? Jean de La Fontaine présente...Maitre Corbeau. Paris: Edition de L'Office Central de l'Imagerie. $10 from Nicholas Gulotta, Sharon, WI, through eBay, June, '14.

Here is an ingenious piece of ephemera. One opens a brochure somewhat…

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1918 Agenda advertising the Grand Bazaar de Lyon and displaying six of La Fontaine's fables with text. €6 from lesbouquinsdeflorensac through Ebay, July, '22.

GA; DW; MM; Heron; WL; and FC. The illustrations are exactly the same as some of those…

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1926 Milwaukee Dairy Supply Mfg. Co. Milwaukee Filler and Cappers. $9 from John Huckeby, New Castle, IN, through Ebay, Dec., '99.

July, 1926 calendar, about 4½" x 10", signed by Milo Winter and showing a proud dog sitting in a sweater on a…

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1927 Theo. S. Buerger & Son, Inc. Wholesale hosiery, knit goods, underwear, and ready-to-wear. Buffalo. Gift of Thomas Beckman, Nov., '94.

April, 1927 calendar titled "Aesop's Fables," with a good, round-top illustration of John Rae's "The Dog and…

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1973 The Golden 1973 Aesop's Fables Calendar. Pictures by Mel Crawford. A Golden Calendar. NY: Western Publishing Co., Inc. Gift of Barb Markuson, Glenwood, Iowa, April, '15. Extra copy in poorer condition for $6.99 from Leah Fowler, Edgewood, MD,…

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1979 Grillengesang: Eremiten-Kalender auf das Jahr 1979. Fabeln von Henrike Leonhardt. Graphics from eleven different artists listed on the first page. Düsseldorf: Verlag Eremiten-Presse. €15 from Antiquariat Halkyione, Hamburg, Jan, '16.…

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1982 Kundenkreditbank. Heidelberg. Artist unnamed. (Two copies.)

Delightful, playful illustrations in contemporary vein, with characters dressed in human clothes. May has FC, June a very good FS, July "The Dog and the Rabbit," August LM, and…

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1985 Kalendar 1985: Basni I.A. Krylov. Artist: A. Kandelaki. Tibilisi, Georgia, USSR. Ordena Trudovogo Kroasnogo Znamoni Tipografiia Izdatel'stvo: Typographic Press of the Order of the Red Banner of Labor of the Central Committee of the Communist…
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