Narrower Set of La Fontaine Magic Lantern Slides · Carlson Fable Collection

Title: Narrower Set of La Fontaine Magic Lantern Slides
Description: 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 the Paris shop of Thierry Corcelle, an intact set of 12 glass magic lantern slides, each presenting two La Fontaine fables with title panels. I was delighted to bring them home with me! Four years later I found this set of twelve La Fontaine magic lantern slides on Ebay. Since we have several sets of such slides, I did some checking and comparing. I was amazed to see that the designs were the same as those on the Corcelle slides, but there were also significant differences. The slides were narrower, and so the images were less expansive. The coloring, apparently by hand, was different in case after case, and the typeface used on the panels was different. Since it is fascinating to examine the differences together, I also offer a page not only on each collection but on a page of comparison between the two.

1. GA / 2. FC
3. Schoolmaster & Child / 4. Robbers and Ass
5. SS / 6. Astrologer & Well
7. and 8. MSA
9. and 10. MSA
11. The Master's Eye / 12. The Miser and His Treasure
13. BS / 14. The Angler & the Little Fish
15. TB / 16. The Man and the (Frozen) Snake
17. MM / 18. Women & Secrets
19. Two Friends / 20. The Oyster & the Litigants
21. The Mongolian's Dream / 22. The Old Man & Three Youths
23. Forest & Woodman / 24.The Fool & the Sage
Source: €35 from 123broc through Ebay, March, '23.
Date: 1890?
Subject: Audio-Visual See all items with this value; Lantern Slides See all items with this value; The Grasshopper and the Ant See all items with this value; The Fox and the Crow See all items with this value; The Schoolmaster and the Child See all items with this value; The Robbers and the Ass See all items with this value; The Salt and the Sponges Carried by a Donkey See all items with this value; The Astrologers and the Well See all items with this value; The Miller, His Son, and Their Ass See all items with this value; The Master's Eye See all items with this value; The Miser and His Treasure See all items with this value; The Bundle of Sticks See all items with this value; The Little Fish and the Fisherman See all items with this value; The Travellers and the Bear See all items with this value; The Man and the Snake See all items with this value; The Milkmaid See all items with this value; The Women and the Secrets See all items with this value; Two Friends See all items with this value; The Oyster and the Litigants See all items with this value; The Mongolian's Dream See all items with this value; The Old Man and the Three Youths See all items with this value; The Forest and the Woodman See all items with this value; The Fool and the Sage See all items with this value

Item sets: Carlson Fable Collection

Site pages: Comparison of the Two Sets