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Dust-jacket representing Jean de La Fontaine

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Title

Dust-jacket representing Jean de La Fontaine

Description

1930? Dust-jacket representing Jean de La Fontaine and advertising Blédine Blécao, apparently available at "Les Ets Jacquemaire a Villefrance (Rhône)." $5 from Mme Denise Debuigne, Rennes, France, Feb., '05.

Characters from some of La Fontaine's most famous fables are arranged under his portrait. The back of the dust-jacket quotes his promythium to TH: "Running solves nothing. You need to depart on time." The inside flap encourages babies to ask "Maman" to make sure that this is a "bébé BLÉDINE."

Source

$5 from Mme Denise Debuigne, Rennes, France, Feb., '05.

Date

Collection

Carlson Fable Collection

Citation

“Dust-jacket representing Jean de La Fontaine,” Creighton University Libraries: Archives & Special Collections, accessed January 16, 2025, https://creightonarchives.omeka.net/items/show/1051.

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