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Handbill with nine panels illustrating "The Fox and the Goat."

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Title

Handbill with nine panels illustrating "The Fox and the Goat."

Description

1950? Handbill with nine panels illustrating "The Fox and the Goat." Extensive advertising on verso. Laboratoires Valda. Signed "Robichon." 7⅜" x 9⅜". $5 from Bertrand Cocq, Calonne-Ricouart, France, Sept., '20.

Valda seems to be offering liquid, paste, and tablets, especially for ailments of the throat. The texts accompanying the nine panels are literally La Fontaine's version, but without acknowledgement. I find such presumption surprising! I notice that La Fontaine's version is different from many in this respect: the two jump in together."En toute chose il faut considérer la fin." The illustrations are heavy on red, brown, orange, and green. The narrow left margin shows some sloppy handling by the printer.

Source

$5 from Bertrand Cocq, Calonne-Ricouart, France, Sept., '20.

Date

Collection

Carlson Fable Collection

Citation

“Handbill with nine panels illustrating "The Fox and the Goat.",” Creighton University Libraries: Archives & Special Collections, accessed January 16, 2025, https://creightonarchives.omeka.net/items/show/1156.

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