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Six advertising leaflets for Le Sirop de Gaïarsol

1930? Six advertising leaflets for Le Sirop de Gaïarsol by Laboratoires Bouty in Paris. Benjamin Rabier colored illustration on the left and the same image as a line drawing on the right. Série D. "Une Fable de la fontaine -- Laquelle?" €4.50…

Six pages of Florian “devinettes"

1930? Six pages of Florian “devinettes,” sets of four hidden picture fable illustrations. $6 each from Bertrand Cocq, Calonne-Ricouart, France, Sept., ’20.

These pages have the look of pages taken from a magazine, though they do not have page…

Six paper masks

1994 Six paper masks from G.P. Putnam's Sons as a promotion in connection with Jan Brett's Town Mouse/Country Mouse

The back of each mask identifies its character's name and offers apt quotations and commentary, which I show below. See also, on…

Six-inch square tile titled "The Dog and His Shadow."

1875? Six-inch square tile titled "The Dog and His Shadow." Manufactured by Mintons China Works, Stoke on Trent. Designed by John Moyr Smith. Framed. $150 from The Jewelsmith, Tempe, AZ, through Ebay, Jan., '00.

Again, lovely brown and cream…

Sogang University Notebook

1988 Sogang University notebook with two phrases on its cover. "Slow and steady wins the race" stands just after "Life is half spent before we know what it is." Gift of Margaret Carlson Lytton, Spring, '88.

One might well ask if these two morals…

Souvenir Sheet from Hungary

2021 Souvenir Sheet from Hungary of four stamps commemorating the 400th birth anniversary of Jean de La Fontaine. $4.99 from Siew Lee Wong through Ebay, May, '22.

The artist here offers five strong and even idiosyncratic interpretations of well…

Speed Bump cartoon by Dave Coverly

1990? Speed Bump cartoon by Dave Coverly. "Aesop's Brother, Asap." Taken off the web.

Good exploitation of a pun and the common knowledge that Aesop was in the ancient Western world. Well done!

Stained glass window

1986 Stained glass window: Ulm fox leaping for grapes. Done by Bob Engel for Christmas, 1986.

Stained glass window

1989 Stained glass window: Ulm bear with two travellers. Done by Bob Engel for Christmas, 1989.

Stamp Cartoon Envelopes

1995 6 small envelopes, each featuring in its upper left corner a cartoon in the same style as the stamp but showing a different scene. Its stamp is then from the same fable in the series of La Fontaine fable stamps issued on June 24, 1995. All are…

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