Les Fables de Nestlé · Carlson Fable Collection

Title: Les Fables de Nestlé
Description: 1935? 6 duochrome French cards about 4¾" x 7½" presenting La Fontaine fables and advertising "Les Fables de Nestlé." €25 at St. Ouen, August, '13.

Under the series title of each card front is a simple duochrome picture illustrating the fable. Beneath that and completing the space within a framed rectangle is La Fontaine's text. Each verso occurs twice among these six cards: an advertisement for album-vignettes, ideas on how to use Nestlé products, and advertisement of further Nestlé products. Fables presented include GA; "The Rat and the Elephant"; "The Cat and the "; FS; TMCM; and FC. The paper is cheaper than most card stock. I cannot find an author for "The Cat and the Green Woodpeckers," which seems to close with a humorous quotation from La Fontaine. Is a fox here saying of some young woodpeckers that they are "too green"?
Date: 1935?
Source: €25 at St. Ouen, August, '13.
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