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2008 Hitopadesha: Animated Stories: Fables from the forest. DVD. 60 minutes. 8 fables. Super Audio (Madras). Unknown source.

This DVD is done by the same firm that did the DVD "Aesop's Fables: Animated Moral Stories" in the same year. …

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1979 Hoffman pitcher depicting GGE. 3½" diameter base, 5½" diameter at its broadest, 4½" diameter at its top. 6" in height. $18 from Linda Crisafulli, Long Beach, CA, through Ebay, June, '01.

The scene depicted here is exactly the same as that…

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1967 Holland-America Line Menu. Monday, July 17, 1967. S.S. Statendam. Detail of the Ceramic Frieze Picturing Scenes from the Fables of La Fontaine. Nico Nagler. Delft: De Porceleyne Fles. La Fontaine Dining Room of S.S. "Rotterdam." Printed…

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1995 Six (out of six?) FDC envelopes featuring a first-day postmark, one (or on the GA envelope, three) of the La Fontaine fable stamps issued on June 24, 1995, and a hologram-like reproduction of art, especially by Auguste Delierre. FDC:…

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1995 Set of six FDC postcards featuring a first-day postmark, one (or on the first card, three) of the La Fontaine fable stamps issued on June 24, 1995, and a hologram-like reproduction of art, especially by Auguste Delierre. FDC: Paris: Carte…

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2003 Hover: Six Fables. Chamber Choir of Armenia. Based on the writings of Vardan Aigetski. New music composed by Stepan Babatorosyan. Cambridge, MA: Pomegranate Music. From Oddbanana through Ebay: uncertain cost and date.

This is lovely…

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1995 Maxi-postcard depicting FC in highly humorous fashion. Monique Touvay, "Les Quatre Zéphires." Cancelled at Chateau-Thierry at noon on June 24, 1995. $4 from Topical Paradise, Ltd., August, '14.

The delight the French took in their set…

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2000? Illusions, ACEO Nude Drawing Mirror Art Card print. © Nicole B. Fekaris. 2½" x 3½". Signed "Nicci." $.99 from Nicole Fekaris through eBay, June, '10.

The backwards writing says "Beware that you do not lose the substance by grasping at the…

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1935? Thirty stapled handbills of La Fontaine’s fables printed by Imageries Réunies de Jarville-Nancy. Heavy paper featuring a framed text on the left half and an image on the right half. Each verso is plain except for a stamped advertisement for…

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1960? Cards of Iminacre buttons using La Fontaine fable designs. About 2" x 3⅛". Four to six buttons per card. $2.32 per card from Lisagora, Machecoul, France, March, '19. €5 each for GA and an extra of LM from Jerome David, Beauvais, France,…
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