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2015? Lotte Reinigers Märchen & Fabeln. AbsolutMedien. 2 DVD discs offering Reiniger's short silhouette films from 1921 through 1961. €14.90 from Merkheft, Frölich & Kaufmann. Feb., '20.

This pair of DVD's present the delightful and…

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1950? 11 French plates featuring La Fontaine fable scenes produced in Longwy, France. Each is 7¾" in diameter. Backs of the plates include one or all of these three elements: an ink stamp of the Longwy name and coat of arms (apparently a berry branch…

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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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2018 Literary Wall Tile Set: Aesop's Fable: The Lion and the Statue. Each 5½" x 5½". $35 from Literature Lodge, East Taunton, MA through Etsy, August, '18,

Very nice workmanship. Isolating the text and moral in one quadrant is successful here,…

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2015? A heavy cardboard hangable print of a painting of LM "On a souvent besoin d'un plus petit que soi." Scarabéan. $12 from Marie Gervais, St.-Urbain-Premier, Quebec, Canada, through eBay, August, '18.

I apologize for the choice of category…

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2015? Lion and Mouse Fable Tray: Jewelry Dish. Created by Carrie Walker Lesko. $18 from Bird and Bauble, Norwalk, CT, through Etsy, August, '18.

This 7" x 5" jewelry dish features a pleasant illustration of the lion freed from his net by the…

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1986 Lion and mouse. 3¼" high. Pat Lane Diaz, Wausau, WI. West Allis Craft Fair. Gift of Lois Carlson.

Here the artist shows a clever way of integrating a second character into a one-mass medium. The physical fit with each other suggests…

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1995 6 envelopes, each featuring on its left a line-drawing dramatizing one of the series of La Fontaine fable stamps issued on June 24, 1995. The envelope bears that same stamp in the upper right. All are postmarked, as is appropriate for an FDC, on…

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1975? Linda Powell Prints. 11" x 14". $10.95 from Elaine Bono, Southfield, MI, June, '04.

I had found these six designs earlier on a greeting card and on placemats. Now I am happy to know that they were done by Linda Powell. Each of these…
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