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2018? Two Victor "Featherweight" Slides by Victor Animatograph Company, Davenport, Iowa. $4.95 for black-and-white LM and $6.95 for colored FS from Alboxman through Ebay, July, '18.

3¼" x almost 4". These slides are indeed light. It seems that…

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1900? Glass magic lantern colored slide of Gustave Doré's TMCM. 7" x 3 7/8". Labeled on the lower rim "Class 29. Series 11. Fables of La Fontaine. No. 2. The City Rat and the Country Rat. B. 1 F. 9." $19.99 from phillips_bradley on Ebay, Dec.,…

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1900? Fables of La Fontaine: Doré. 77 black-and white lantern slides. "By permission Cassell, Petter, and Galpin." $170.50 from Bastion Epanning, Victoria, BC, through eBay, Oct., '08.

Here are beautiful magic lantern slides, 3¼" square, with…

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1908? Aesop's Fables from Father Tuck's Story Books. Coloured Lantern Slides. Junior Lecturers' Series. Chapter 2 of 2 Chapters. In the original box. Watford: Tuck. $35.20 from mike3949 on Ebay, July, '21.

Another very lovely set of eight…

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1908? Aesop's Fables from Father Tuck's Story Books. Coloured Lantern Slides. Junior Lecturers' Series. Chapter 1 of 2 Chapters. In the original box. Watford: Tuck. $192 from E. & J. Shelley, June, '99

A very lovely set of eight substantial and…

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1890? Complete set of twelve magic lantern slides of numbered fables of La Fontaine. Original box. 7½” x 1⅝“. €35 from 123broc through Ebay, March, '23.

Here is yet another surprise in the experience of collecting fables. In 2019, I found, at…

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1890? Complete set of twelve magic lantern slides of numbered fables of La Fontaine. Original box. 8½” x 2⅛“. €200 from Thierry Corcelle, Paris, July, ’19.

Exquisite set, numbering each of the 24 fables on 12 slides. The color work is…

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1890? Three extra-long colored magic lantern slides showing La Fontaine's fables. Two fables per slide. 10½" x 2½". $32.04 from nanicohen through Ebay, June, 21.

Again, the color work in these slides is strong, even after all this time. …

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1870? Set of 6 magic lantern slides of fables of La Fontaine in pairs. 2¼" x 9⅛". €60 from bellemimine through Ebay, Oct., '22.

This medium sized collection is unusually well done and well preserved.

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1890? Twelve long colored magic lantern slides showing La Fontaine's fables. Two fables per slide. 7½" x 1½". €75 from revesdenfantspapiers through Ebay, July 21.

The color work in these slides is strong, even after all this time. The…
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