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1927 Theo. S. Buerger & Son, Inc. Wholesale hosiery, knit goods, underwear, and ready-to-wear. Buffalo. Gift of Thomas Beckman, Nov., '94.

April, 1927 calendar titled "Aesop's Fables," with a good, round-top illustration of John Rae's "The Dog and…

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1926 Milwaukee Dairy Supply Mfg. Co. Milwaukee Filler and Cappers. $9 from John Huckeby, New Castle, IN, through Ebay, Dec., '99.

July, 1926 calendar, about 4½" x 10", signed by Milo Winter and showing a proud dog sitting in a sweater on a…

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1918 Agenda advertising the Grand Bazaar de Lyon and displaying six of La Fontaine's fables with text. €6 from lesbouquinsdeflorensac through Ebay, July, '22.

GA; DW; MM; Heron; WL; and FC. The illustrations are exactly the same as some of those…

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1950? Jean de La Fontaine présente...Maitre Corbeau. Paris: Edition de L'Office Central de l'Imagerie. $10 from Nicholas Gulotta, Sharon, WI, through eBay, June, '14.

Here is an ingenious piece of ephemera. One opens a brochure somewhat…

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1960? Eighteen reproductions of posters done about 1890 by Maison Quantin. The artists include H. Vogel, Gaston Gélibert, Mangonot, Godefroy, Etienne-Maurice-Firmin Bouisset, (Anatole Paul?) Ray, Job (=Jacques Marie Gaston Onfroy de Breville), and…

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1917? "La Fontaine l'avait bien dit!..." "Dessins de Louis Morin." Paris: Imprimerie Montsouris, P. Orsoni, directeur." Essay by Georges Blondel on the verso. 21½" x 14½. Perhaps €15, perhaps in St.-Ouen.

A fascinating piece of work with…

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1870? Framed broadside presenting six colored fable scenes. 13" x 9½". Framed by worn tape. Chez Jean, Rue St. Jean de Beauvais #10. No. 33. €10 from guymarie justin through Ebay, April, '22.

I am surprised that this very fragile piece…

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1880? Two fables of Florian. Broadside. "L'Enfant et le Miroir" and "L'Avare et son Fils." 15” x 12.5.” Metz: Gangel. €20 from chcestampnet through Ebay, Jan., '22.

Lively reds and blues render these two fables. The second is among…

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2011? "A Fable," broadside designed and printed by hand on handmade paper by André Chaves. "Another Poet's version of The Raven presented to the Zamorano Club." Clinker Press. 10¼" x 16". $80 from Oak Knoll Books, Oct., '21.

In 2011 Chaves…

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1890? Twenty-two printed sheets, 12½" x 16¼", each featuring either an individual fable of La Fontaine or a set of four fables. Each is numbered in an apparent set of 25. Now I have found the whole set of 25 gathered in a book, Fables de la Fontaine,…
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