Plain Fables of La Fontaine Cards · Carlson Fable Collection

Title: Plain Fables of La Fontaine Cards
Description: 1920? Four colored portrait-format cards with no artist, publisher, or advertiser. 2½" x 4". St. Ouen, August, '15.

UP, "The Angler and the Little Fish"; "The Ass and the Lapdog"; "The Monkey and the Leopard." The most distinguishing feature of these cheaply colored cards lies in the printer's designs flanking both "Fables de La Fontaine" on the top of the card and also a banner at the base of the card. This banner includes the fable's title and one line from the fable. The first three have the French fable text on the verso; "The Monkey and the Leopard" advertises rather Tisane Cisbey for constipation. The picture in UP seems taken from the same design as a single card in the collection.
Date: 1920?
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