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1933 Two handbills of La Fontaine fables illustrated by M. Lemainque: 2P and "Le Gland et la Citrouille." 5⅜" x 7⅜". Printed by Louis Bellenand et Fils, Fontenay-aux-Rises, Advertisement on verso. €2.59 each from la fee chinette through Ebay,…

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1920? Two large (10½" x 8⅛") sheets presenting each two fables (WL and WC; LM and DS) in four colors. Paris-Vêtements. $20 from Bertrand Cocq, Calonne Ricouart, France, Sept., '18.

Thin paper and vivid color mark these pages. It is hard to…

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1930? Six handbills offering fable texts and illustrations with advertising on the verso. Three advertise Vermifuge Lune: WC (#13), “Oyster and Litigants” (#22) and MM (#24. $5 each from Mme Denise Debuigne, Rennes, France, May, '05. One,…

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1930? Colored handbill displaying DW with La Fontaine's text. #9. Verso is an advertisement for Léon Tisserand dealer of shoes, Dijon. 5½" x 8". Printed by Imageries Réunies de Jarville-Nancy. €3.45 from croquette999 on Ebay, Sept., '23.

This…

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1930? Handbill offering La Fontaine's "The Thieves and the Ass" in four panels. Gaze Unita. Printed by Delrieu in Paris. 5¼" x 7½". €10 from wickedthing through Ebay, Oct., '23.

This is a lively presentation of La Fontaine's I 13 by "Unita…

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1935 Two identical handbills featuring AD and “Les Deux Voyageurs.” Three colored panels with the two fable texts. “Le Printemps est l’ami des enfants.” No. 116bis. Liege: Éditions Gordinne. Printed by George Lang. About 10½” x 8”. $5 from…

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1950? Handbill with nine panels illustrating "The Fox and the Goat." Extensive advertising on verso. Laboratoires Valda. Signed "Robichon." 7⅜" x 9⅜". $5 from Bertrand Cocq, Calonne-Ricouart, France, Sept., '20.

Valda seems to be offering…

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1818? 35 Lithographs by LeComte, Vernet, Engelmann and Mauraisse from about 1817 through 1820. Mostare 14½" x 10½". $80 from jordanb2011 through Ebay, Jan., '21.



Engelmann seems to be the engraver for many of these. I have assigned him…

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1990? Set of eight menu jackets edited by Service Publicité d'Air France and used by Air France on dinner flights. Art by Willy Aractingi. Texts of La Fontaine as translated by Walter Thornbury. Gift of Nicole Dodier of Air France Publicité in answer…

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1956 41 different menus illustrating eight different fables with La Fontaine's text printed for the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique French Line. For use on transatlantic voyages between December, 1956 and July 11, 1959 on ships "Liberté,"…
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