2008 Ngu Ngon La Fontaine. DVD presentation of 26 fables of La Fontaine in Vietnamese cartoons.
There seem to be two portions to each fable here: a short narration of the story, including a visual circle, like a lens, in which the fable is told. There follows then a more elaborate song, in which the fable may be more perceptively portrayed. Overall, an angelic female descends to teach the lesson in each fable. Surprisingly, occasional overlays advertise a phone number. The trademark throughout seems to be "The He Tre." It is hard to feel scammed for $1.99!
1996 Complete set of 10 Nex fable fèves. Matching pairs.
The ten disks come with five having a notch to fit with a fully circular disk, and thus the five famous pairs align. Many seem to me backwards, starting with the "and" of the second partner. I can find no reference to this particular series on the web, though references to other Nex series abound.
1887 Newspaper page of 12 cartoon caricatures including one parodying FC. €6.99 from lycoum2 through Ebay, Sept., '21.
John Bull as the fox holds out his hat to catch Egypt as the Sultan is ready to let it drop. I note the unusual "Corbiau" and "biau" but am not sure how they add to the humor or critique here. I suspect that there is more going on than I can perceive!
1960? New Year's greeting card from Marianne Hinckle. Small octavo folded sheet. Illustration from the 1479 Verona Aesop. Lawton Kennedy Printers. $10 from Robert Perata Books, Santa Rosa, CA, Sept., '00.
The caption from Henry James reads "Be Gentle and Delicate and Pursue the Prize." It is matched here with the Verona illustration of the snake and the file. The red-orange color of both the dragon and fire highlights the woodcut nicely. "The woodcut is from fable 53 of the Verona Aesop, the first edition of Aesop's Fables in Italy issued by Giovanni and Alberto Alvise, 1479." The message reads "A Greeting for the New Year from Marianne Hinckle." I deliberately cropped the image wide of the card, to show the rough edge of the front sheet.
1995 One folded card, about 4" x 6", using an image of La Fontaine with animals by Odette Baillais. Editions Philatéliques, Nice. Distribué par SODOP. $8 from Loic Marchat, Villeurbane, France, April, '04.
After Baillais' composition on the cover, the inside left-page has wishes for a good and happy new year, signed and dated on January 6, 1999. The right-page has the FC 2,80 stamp marked cancelled with a first-day seal from Chateau-Thierry. See my comment on Ballais' picture in the large commemorative panel where I first encountered it.
