1991? "The Elephant and the Hare." Bidpay. 13th century. Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris. Printed in Germany. Munich: Aries Verlag. Sent by Deborah Ruck, May, '93.
The scene very closely approximates "Fairuz with the King of the Elephants" on 42 of Esin Atil's Kalila wa Dimna (1981). No doubt the hare is fooling the elephant into believing that the moon in the water is speaking and asking the elephant tribe to leave her sacred waters alone. They had been killing the hares without even knowing it by walking on them.
1980? Colored postcard showing “Dimna’s Trial (Fables by Bidpay, 13th cent.)”. Paris: Bibliothèque Nationale. Munich: Aries-Verlag. £.99 from catsmelanie on Ebay, Feb., ’21.
It may not be easy to sort out the animals in this lovely illustration. Might that be the lion king’s mother in the white at the left? Or is that a leopard? I wonder if there was a whole series on Bidpay from the National Library at this time.
1930? "Sonetto Materiafe." Woodcut illustration from Aesop's Fables, Verona, 1479. Metropolitan Museum of Art. $3 from Charlie and Rich Heckroth, Tucson, AZ, through eBay, August, '10.
Is the crow in the foreground borrowing feathers from such as the peacock in the background?
1925? F.X. de Beukelaer Distillateur Anders. Numbered series of 100 trade cards using the designs of Gallaher cigarette cards. €30 from Albert Van den Bosch, Antwerp, Jan., '11.
This series is identical on its picture sides with Gallaher cigarette cards. I give an example here of the new advertising title superimposed on the picture. Two cards are missing: #2 and #67. Each verso mentions "F.S. de Beukelaer, distillateur Anders." I have trouble tracking down both Beukelaer and Anders. For images of the cards in this series, see the Gallaher cards. An anomaly is that the first card, pictured here, is not numbered on its verso as are all the others.
