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1950? "Le Chêne et le Roseau." Biscottes L'Angevine. Angers. 5¼" x 6¾". Printed in Nantes. €1 from French Vintage Shop, Paris, through eBay, Feb., '13.

Just the oak is personified in this blotter, which is less sharply done than others in…

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Compagnie Generale Transatlantique French Line menu with cover art

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1906 "Le Corbeau et le Renard." A(chille) Lemot. La Croix Illustrée 7th year, No 312, December 16, 1906. 10" x 14". €10 at Clignancourt, July, '19.

Three panels at top and three at bottom present La Fontaine's fable, complete with his verses.…

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1960? "Le corbeau et le renard." Buvard offert par Germalyne. 5" x 8½". 3e Série. $6 from Bertrand Cocq, Calonne Ricouart, France, Sept., '18.

Red ink on a cream background. This blotter, like the does not just present a La Fontaine fable.…

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1965? "le corbeau et le renard" (La Fontaine)" colored blotter. 7¼" x 4¼". La Laiterie Parisienne. Paris: E.G.F.P. $5 from Mme Denise Debuigne, Rennes, France, May, '02.

The blotter quotes the first two lines of La Fontaine's fable: "Master…

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1965? "Le Corbeau et le Renard" blue and white blotter. "Bon Buvard." 5¼" x 8¼". Pates aux Oeufs Frais Pèr' Lustucru. Grenoble. Paris: E.G.F.P. $5 from Mme Denise Debuigne, Rennes, France, May, '03.

The blotter shows the fox running away with a…

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1958? "Le Fou et le Sage." #28 from Snels Biscottes de Luxe au Lait. 5¾" x 6¾". St. Ouen (Seine). Créat. I.M., Paris. $5 from Mme Denise Debuigne, Rennes, France, May, '02.

A large colored cartoon dominates this blotter. La Fontaine XII 2 is,…

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1900? Faience plate 8" in diameter showing three scenes depicting "Le Fou qui Vend la Sagesse." Numbered "3." A mark on the back seems to combine the letters "M" and "C" and says "déposé Fables Terre de Fer." $45 from Daria Edwards, NY, Feb., '00.…

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"Le geai…par des plumes du paon." DUCO. "L'Illustration, No. 4408, August 27, '27.

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1913 "Le Grenouille et le Boeuf." Jehan Testevuide. Front cover. Le Cri de Paris No. 849, May 4, 1913. 8¼" x 11¾". €10 at Clignancourt, July, '19.

England holding its ships looks at the little frog and finds him blowing himself up with…
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