Insel: Sechs Fabel-Hafte Karten · Carlson Fable Collection

Title: Insel: Sechs Fabel-Hafte Karten
Description: 1990 Set of six cards folded over with empty insides, representing humorous views of La Fontaine’s fables. Rolf Köhler. About 4” x 5¾”. La Fontaine’s text is on the final side of each card. Die Schöne Insel-Karte. $5.52 from Buchmarie through ZVAB, Feb., ’25.

Delightful parodies of the fables. The mouse facing the netted lion has workman’s clothes and a pliers in his hand. The fox waits for the crow’s cheese to fall into his baseball cap. Not the grasshopper but the ant appears shivering with a guitar in hand. The frog sees the ox pictured on the side of a truck, while the real ox looks out the back of the truck. The old lion is a tennis player having his tail stepped on by a younger ass. The cock views a small pearl hanging from a young chicken’s breast while an old chicken with large pearl looks on with suspicion.
Date: 1990
Source: $5.52 from Buchmarie through ZVAB, Feb., ’25.
Subject: Cards See all items with this value; Greeting Cards
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See all items with this value; The Cock and the Jewel See all items with this value; The Fox and the Crow See all items with this value; The Grasshopper and the Ant See all items with this value; The Lion and the Mouse See all items with this value; The Lion Grown Old See all items with this value; The Ox and the Frog See all items with this value