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#6 is a remarkable card! I take it that her mode of dress marks the musical girl as a gypsy, while the mother wears a cross around her neck. The photographer caught one of the children at a great moment of crying! Otherwise, if there ever were posed scenes, here they are! Postmarked and dated in handwriting 1905 and 1904, respectively. The Cocq cards are all in very good condition. I am wondering if there are two cards filling in the text between our 3rd card here and the last.

#6 is a remarkable card! I take it that her mode of dress marks the musical girl as a gypsy, while the mother wears a cross around her neck. The photographer caught one of the children at a great moment of crying! Otherwise, if there ever were posed scenes, here they are! Postmarked and dated in handwriting 1905 and 1904, respectively. The Cocq cards are all in very good condition. I am wondering if there are two cards filling in the text between our 3rd card here and the last.

2000? French silk scarf about 33½” square depicting Aesop’s fables with English language quotations around each of nine images.

It is surprising to find a French scarf representing Aesop, since La Fontaine is so widely known and loved in France. This sheer scarf surprises also by its size. It has fun with the stories and their images! Click on any portion to see it enlarged.

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 Chicoree Anlatte. For each three-month poriton and then fore the whole year there is space to write down the agenda for that time. The claim for the Grand Bazaar is "Ici on trouve de tout."

Here is a delightful set of cards. They use fables to offer an initial description of romantic moments, apparently always between soldiers-in-uniform and beautifully dressed young women. Then there is a little poem to advise the participants in the fable's scene. If I read these poems correctly, they at least sometimes urge maidens to gather rosebuds while they may.

1980? Two 2 1/2" medallions by Charles Virion of La Fontaine fables. "The Cat, the Weasel and the Hare" and "The Animals in the Plague." The latter for $60 from herefordius through Ebay, August, '20.

These medallions are very similar in format to the large series done by Jean Vernon. One notices the different artist immediately. These two are the only members of the series that I have found online.

The narrative here deviates from La Fontaine, just as the title is reversed. Here the ant provides all that the grasshopper needs, but admonishes her to start working. I have not been able to find the sense of "Vous avez faites maigre chère."

"Les Deux Pigeons" is a touching story of two friends. One feels the need to travel but experiences nothing but trouble along the way. The other waits patiently at home. They are reunited. Apparently this fable inspired and provided lyrics for this opera, highly praised by the journal as it presents key characters and scenes.

The older hunter with his rifle, outfit, and gear pays a child to bring down the prey with a slingshot. Good humor and lovely color!

The middle-aged couple has gone out leaving grandpa, their child, and three dogs at home. The child has used his car to pull a pulley around the lamp to raise grandpa up so that he can get at the jar of sausages on top of a cabinet. I wish I could make out the rest of the artist's name after "Jean du." Nice use of color! I am surprised at the English translation of La Fontaine's moral.

This may be our best preserved set of Liebig's first fable set. Albert has them listed as from 1883. I think the usual date given is 1884. Now I am tempted to invest in an English language set available on Ebay. The collector's urge is hard to repress!