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1965? "La Cigale et la Fourmi." Compagnies d'Assurances Générales, Paris. 8¼" x 5". Two slightly different versions with one extra of the second version for $21 from Bertrand Cocq, Calonne Ricouart, France, Sept., '18. Duplicate of the upper version…

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1958 "La Cigale et la Fourmi." Compagnies d'Assurances Générales, Paris. 8¼" x 5". Sofoga. $7 from Bertrand Cocq, Calonne Ricouart, France, Sept., '18.

The story of Ga is presented in full color in three quadrants across the top of this lively…

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1952? "La Cigale et la Fourmi: Version Moderne" compliments of Crédit Coopératif de France, Paris. Signed "Pomandre 52." R.C. Seine 352.357 B. 50 Francs from Annick Tilly, Clignancourt, August, '99.

In this modern version, the young cicada, unlike…

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1913 "L'Illustration" magazine for February 8, 1913, includes a full-page insert (page 117) as it reports on elements of, I believe, the "Balkan Wars." The full-page insert offers a photograph of a mule and two riders in Turkestan who illustrate…

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1922 "L'Europe et le Maitre d'École." Uncle Sam as the Pedant lectures the drowning child that is Europe, quoting La Fontaine. Front cover. Le Cri de Paris No. 1305, April 2, 1922. 8¼" x 11¾". €10 at Clignancourt, July, '19.

I take it that…

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1899 "L'Aveugle et le Paralytique." Dessin de Doës. Front cover. Le Rire No. 225, February 25, 1899. 9" x 12". €10 at Clignancourt, July, '19. Extra copy for €15 from a bouquinist, Paris, July, '23.

Behind an attractive woman, the invitation…

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A 4" x 8" stiff card advertising "Kompositum Fabel: Die Fabel ist tot - es lebe die Fabel!" presented by Wilfried Liebchen (Fabeln) and Klaus-Jürgen Prohl (Illustrationen) at Kunststation Kleinsassen from February 23 to April 21, 2003.

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1950? "Jean de La Fontaine" champagne label. "Cuvee Champagne Jean de La fontaine, 1621-1695." $5 from Bertrand Cocq, Calonne Ricouart, France, Sept., '18.

A seal in the center of this label depicts an open book and a feather used for writing.…

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"Inside San Francisco and the Bay Area." Guide to the Bay Area from The Gray Line. This copy is stamped as "Your Complimentary Copy, Fable Restaurant, Cameo Cocktail Lounge, Drake Wilshire." San Francisco: Howard A. Young & Leonard Ralston,…

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