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"Le Fou et le Sage."

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Title

"Le Fou et le Sage."

Description

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, in Spector's edition, "Un Fou et un Sage," whereas this blotter has "Le Fou et le Sage." This is clearly the fable, a replay of Aesop's rewarding the fool who threw a stone at him and then encouraging him to throw one at a richer man for a bigger reward. Here the well-dressed man has, I gather, a coin in his hand, while the fool has a large rock that he is ready to hurl. The latter is marked as a fool, I think, by the cooking pan he wears for a hat.

Source

$5 from Mme Denise Debuigne, Rennes, France, May, '02.

Date

Collection

Carlson Fable Collection

Citation

“"Le Fou et le Sage.",” Creighton University Libraries: Archives & Special Collections, accessed April 9, 2025, https://creightonarchives.omeka.net/items/show/1219.

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