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2022? Original prints from Bilby Boutique, Glasgow. A6. BW and "The Wolf and the Kid." €3.08 each from Bilby Boutique through Etsy, July, '22.

I am delighted any time I see artists turn to fables for their subject matter. Here each print…

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1975 “Place de la Fontaine” menu from the Château Frontenac in Québec. 6.5” x 12”. Two copies.

This menu from the famous restaurant in the Hotel Château Frontenac in Québec features a cover cartoon illustration of “Le Renard et le Corbeau” with…

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1955? Place de la Fontaine Quebec City Dinner Menu. 9½" x 14½". $7.71 from thejumpingfrog through Ebay, May, '08.

Despite my best hopes, I believe that this menu has nothing to do with fables but only with a lovely fountain I Quebec City. But…

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1910? Two colored menu forms for Hôtel du Maine, Angers. FS and WL. Printed by and for Bénédictine D.O.M., "Liqueur préferée des gourmets." $14 from Bertrand Cocq, Calonee Ricouart, France, Sept., '18.

The detailed color work on these menu…

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1938 Drake-Wiltshire Hotel Fable Menu. Friday, September 23, 1938. Jo Mora Fable Murals. $9.99 from Michael Kopperman, Toronto, Ontario, through eBay, July, '03.

Unfold the menu and you find a nice panorama of two of the Drake-Wiltshire's fable…

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1950? Menu: Restaurant Francais. 2442 North Clark Street, Chicago. "Fables de La Fontaine." 9" x 14". $4.99 through Ebay, May, '19.

When was a complete dinner $9.95?! The offerings look delectable. The front cover features a drawing of FC,…

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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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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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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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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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