Maurice Parent Dust Jackets

Title

Maurice Parent Dust Jackets

Description

1950? Three French dust-jackets, 9½" x 7", apparently for a school book, with art signed by Maurice Parent. One advertises "Costes, 36 et 38, Boulevard Richard-Wallace, Puteaux." 25 Francs from Annick Tilly at the Clignancourt flea market, August, '99. The other two lack advertising and present WL, one on green and one on red paper stock. Each for $5 from Mme Denise Debuigne, Rennes, France, Feb., '05.

These dust-jackets are unusual in providing oversized flaps on both sides of the inside, one offering the text of the fable and the other a bust-portrait of and a few lines about Jean de La Fontaine. On the cover of the FS exemplar there is an invitation: "Dear Children" should tell their parents for Christmas to address themselves to Costes. The back covers show a multiplication table nailed to a tree. Around it a crow flies with cheese in its mouth, while a fox runs up underneath. In the foreground are a tortoise and a hare.It is possible that the artist is Maurice Parenti, with the letter " i" on the end of his name.

Source

25 Francs from Annick Tilly at the Clignancourt flea market, August, '99. The other two lack advertising and present WL, one on green and one on red paper stock. Each for $5 from Mme Denise Debuigne, Rennes, France, Feb., '05.

Date

1950?

Subject

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