Phosphatine Florian Monochrome · Carlson Fable Collection

Title: Phosphatine Florian Monochrome
Description: 1910? Twelve 7½" x 5¼" cards engraved by Devambez in Paris, picturing and presenting Florian's fables but not in full color, as in an otherwise almost identical set, but rather in monochrome. "Édité par la Phosphatine Falières." Gift of Bertrand Cocq, Calonne-Ricouart, France, August, '15. Now six further cards for $6 each from Bertrand, Sept., '21.

The pictures used are identical with those used in the colored set, and the same texts and printer's designs are also used, but the setup of each card, front and verso, is slightly different. These cards are not numbered as are those in the colored series. What a curious repetition! And how strange that I have not come across it until now! Each verso contains its fable text bordered on three sides by a floral display.
Date: 1910?
Source: Gift of Bertrand Cocq, Calonne-Ricouart, France, August, '15. Now six further cards for $6 each from Bertrand, Sept., '21.
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