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each giving the title and an illustration for a fable of either Jean de La Fontaine or Florian. The total set may number fifty. Fifty were announced, but so far I have found only these thirty. There are also two larger 2 3/8" x 2¾" labels, apparently…

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French cookie tin, featuring WL with a title below the oval black-and-white illustration.

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French cookie or candy tin featuring an illustration on its top of "The Cat and the Monkey." 9¼" x 8" x 2¾".

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French circular bonbon tin. "Les Fables de Lafontaine: Le Renard & Le Corbeau." La Pierette. Bonbons Surfins. 7" in diameter.

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1934? French BF dust-jacket, 9½" x 7 1/8", apparently for a school book, advertising "A la Belle Jardinière," a clothing store for men, women and children. The cover's black-and-white illustration is signed by Claude Garnier. The booklet's cover is…

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1982 Franklin Porcelain miniature plate. The Best Loved Fairy Tales: The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse. Carol Lawson Signature Edition. A Limited Edition of Fine Bone China. #41 of 50 designs. $7.95 from Simply Wonderful Gifts, Bend, OR, through…

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1850? Three matted circular colored engravings of fables of Jean de La Fontaine. €150 from lefennec205 through Ebay, Sept., '22.

Our collection has abundant editions using black-and-white illustrations from François Bouchot, but here are three…

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1988 Framed Xerox copy of Francisco del Tuppo's illustration for "Animals Paying Last Respects to King Lion." Gift of Rev. Michael Zeps, S.J., July, '88.

This is an object where fable-collecting connects with other big things in my life. One of…

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1989 Foxy Fables. 75 minutes. Claymation. ©Frame by Frame, Denmark, 1986. ©1987 Hi-Tops Video, a Division of Heron Communications, Santa Monica, CA. HT 0055. Produced by Mike Filderbaum. Directed and Animated by Rony Oren. Co-ordinated by…

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1987 Foxy Fables. 75 minutes. Claymation. ©Frame by Frame, Denmark, 1986. ©1987 Hi-Tops Video, a Division of Heron Communications, Santa Monica, CA. HT 0055. Produced by Mike Filderbaum. Directed and Animated by Rony Oren. Co-ordinated by…
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