1990? Set of eight menu jackets edited by Service Publicité d'Air France and used by Air France on dinner flights. Art by Willy Aractingi. Texts of La Fontaine as translated by Walter Thornbury. Gift of Nicole Dodier of Air France Publicité in answer to my request, Jan., '92. Extra copy first sent me by Terry Maguire from a Boston-Paris flight. Extras of MM, TMCM, and "The Pig, the Goat, and the Sheep" from teal1 through eBay, August, '02. Two more -- WL and LM -- found for €6 in Paris, June, '19. Three further menu jackets from Outremont, Canada. "The Heron" for $9.95 from Michael Burlew, Forked River, NJ, through Ebay, Dec., '07. TT for €10 from alexis13_123 through Ebay, Sept., '23.
Each jacket includes a cover picture of the fable and a back-cover featuring, in two columns, the French and the English text (Thornbury's translation) of a La Fontaine fable. The art is oil on canvas done by Willy Aractingi. Sent by Nicole Dodier of Air France Publicité in answer to my request. An extra copy of the first menu jacket was brought to me by Terry Maguire; it contains a specific menu used on a Boston-Paris flight. My favorite among them is "The Frog and the Rat." The fables presented include: FC; FM; TMCM; 2P; MM; "The Cock and the Fox"; "The Pig, the Goat, and the Sheep"; TT; and "The Eagle and the Owl."
Chocolaterie d'Aiguebelle
1890? 6 full-color portrait-formatted French cards featuring fables from Florian. 4½" x just over 3½". "Edition de la Chocolaterie d'Aiguebelle (Drôme)" on both sides of each card. Jacques Lehuard, Jonquieres St. Vincent, France, Feb., '08. Extras of "Le Grillon" and "Le Roi et les deux Bergers" for $6 each from Bertrand Cocq, Calonne-Ricouart, France, March, '01. Extra copy of "Les Deux Voyageurs" for €5 at St. Ouen, June, '19. Four further cards for €9 each from Albert van den Bosch, Antwerp, June, '23.
Very pleasing cards, with better illustration work than on many such cards. The framing of the picture is done well, with a flowing ribbon moving up from the Aiguebelle credit at the bottom alongside the illustration and fable title and past the "Fables de Florian" group title at the top of the card. The verso presents the full fable text. The coloration reminds one of the coloring of fine "holy cards" in one-time Catholic grade schools.
1918 Agenda advertising the Grand Bazaar de Lyon and displaying six of La Fontaine's fables with text. €6 from lesbouquinsdeflorensac through Ebay, July, '22.
GA; DW; MM; Heron; WL; and FC. The illustrations are exactly the same as some of those appearing on individual stock trade cards I have representing Au Camelia and also Chicorée Anlatte. For each three-month portion and then for the whole year there is space to write down the agenda for that time. The claim for the Grand Bazaar is "On y trouve de tout."
