Milne Wood Frictographic Pamphlets · Carlson Fable Collection

Title: Milne Wood Frictographic Pamphlets
Description: 1900? Two frictographic advertising pamphlets for Wood-Milne, an apparent manufacturer of rubber shoe heels. "Les Fables de La Fontaine." $100 from Bertrand Cocq, Calonne Ricouart, France, Sept., '18.

This is surely one of the more curious parts of the collection! Fortunately, there has been little attempt to do what the instructions on the inside back cover, as featured in Bertrand's photo below, call for: rubbing the apparently empty inside pages to find each revealing a fable of La Fontaine. Clever attempts on my scanner have failed to make the outlines of these images appear without rubbing the pages. I will certainly take Bertrand's word for it that these two pamphlets are rare, and I suspect that having both of them, with different sets of fables in each, is even rarer. My, where fables show up can be surprising!
Source: $100 from Bertrand Cocq, Calonne Ricouart, France, Sept., '18.
Date: 1900?
Subject: Advertising See all items with this value; Milne Wood Frictographic Pamphlets See all items with this value