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1940? Three French dust-jackets, 9½" x 7", apparently for a school book, advertising "Pastille Pulmoll" €6 each at St. Ouen, August, '13. One duplicate of TH without the "Grande Pharmacie La Fontaine" stamp on the cover for $5 from Mme Denise…

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1900? 4 Dust jackets ("Couverture Cahier") "Fables de La Fontaine" featuring colored work presentations of individual fables and texts on the back covers. Perhaps all from Pellerin of Épinal? €6 each from Chromosetcollections on Ebay, Nov.,…

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1950? Three French dust-jackets, 9½" x 7", apparently for a school book, with art signed by Maurice Parent. One advertises "Costes, 36 et 38, Boulevard Richard-Wallace, Puteaux." 25 Francs from Annick Tilly at the Clignancourt flea market, August,…

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1950? School dust jacket "Le Loup et le Chien" offert par les Chocolats Fins Menier. Imp. Typo Noisiel. About 7" x 9½". €1 from French Vintage Shop, Paris, through eBay, Feb., '13.

This blotter nicely exaggerates the rotundity of the dog on…

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1950? School dust jacket "Le Lion et le Moucheron" offert par les Chocolats Fins Menier. Imp. Typo Noisiel. About 7" x 9½". €1 from French Vintage Shop, Paris, through eBay, Feb., '13.

The mosquito almost gets lost in this picture as he flies…

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1935? Five dust-jackets, each with a duochrome illustration of a La Fontaine fable by Maurice LeMainque (1893-1942). 7" x 9½" overall, with illustrations 6⅜" x 4⅝". Papeteries du Sentier. €5 each from kam-oulox through Ebay, Nov.,…

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1915? Three dust-jackets, each with an orange duochrome illustration of a La Fontaine fable signed by Paul Giraud. The verso offers tables of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. The stapled inside flaps offer the outline of a…

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1900? 6 Dust jackets ("Couverture Cahier") "Fables de La Fontaine" by Auguste-Godchaux, Paris. Artist: L. Mimard. Colored presentations of individual fables and texts – both in ornamental frames -- on both covers. €6 each from…

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1895? Booklet of 16 dust-jackets stapled together. Algis and G. Dascher. published by C(amille) Charier in Saumur, France. €33 from Maxime Chupin, Carqueiranne, France, through Ebay, July, ’21.

Here is a remarkable experience and a remarkable…

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1895? Four schoolbook dust-jackets published by C(amille) Charier in Saumur, France, depicting fables: “Wolf Become Shepherd”; TB; TMCM; and WC. $10 each from Bertrand Cocq, Calonne-Ricouart, France, Sept., ’21.

Fragile and beautiful old book…
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