Sazerac Croissant FC · Carlson Fable Collection

Title: Sazerac Croissant FC
Description: 1910? Three colored photographic postcards from a set (of 6?) using children to portray La Fontaine's FC. Sozerac 3968. Paris: Croissant. Card #3 for $9.99 from Stefano Nels, Columbia, SC, through eBay, July, '05. Cards #1 and #2 for $20 from Bertrand Cocq, Calonne Ricouart, France, Sept., '18.

The human story is utterly consistent with the fable, as a child sees bakery in the tray on the baker's head and flatters him to get some of the bakery. As in the "Croissant" version of TH, there is a portion of each card's picture given to a colored rendition of the original fable, the first of them announcing the title. These three cards present the first nine lines of La Fontaine's fable, and thus I have labelled them Cards #1 through #3 of the set. Are these cards hand-tinted? The coloring of FC in the upper right of Card #3 is particularly nice.
Date: 1910?
Source: Card #3 for $9.99 from Stefano Nels, Columbia, SC, through eBay, July, '05. Cards #1 and #2 for $20 from Bertrand Cocq, Calonne Ricouart, France, Sept., '18.
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