1960? 'Le Lièvre et la Tortue,' Buvard #2 d'une collection illustrant les 'Fables de La Fontaine.' Gri-gri, le vrai jus de fruits aux vitamines naturelles. Illustration signed by Polotec. Red and black on white. 8¼' x 5¼'. $5 from Mme Denise Debuigne, Rennes, France, May, '02.
The sketch takes up two-thirds of this blotter. The hare lies by the roadside with a book in his hand and a flower in his mouth. The tortoise crawls up to the goal line. Of course I would like to know how many blotters there were in this collection and get hold of the rest!
1950? Le Lièvre et la Tortue. Puzzle env. 500 morceaux. $20 from Dany Wolfs, Roeselare, Belgium, Dec., '00.
There is a pleasant "finish of the race" scene on the cover of this oblong portrait-formatted box. It is signed by "collet." I have not tried the puzzle yet. Sorry!
1930? Jeu des Fables. Jeu novo. 12 cards 6.75” x 3.8” each featuring three titles and a corresponding scene from the fable itself. Also a title-card with rules on the verso. Emmanuel Cocard. €40 from dienbienphu01 through Ebay, July, ‘25
The title-card of this game played with two different sizes of cards is slightly cut on the right edge. Emmanuel Cocard is well known to our collection for his large paperbound pamphlets of La Fontaine. His lively colored work continues here. What we have is the title-card and twelve cards featuring each 3 fables through a title and a sample scene. Ten fables are given two images each. The image of the exploding frog in OF gives a good sense of the liveliness of these images! Other strong images are both for OR; both for “Fox and Goat”; and WC. The title-card speaks of smaller cards with verses, which have apparently been lost.
