French Gold, Set of 10, 1880
Scope and Contents
The Carlson Fable Collection is a gathering of primary fable materials at Reinert Alumni Memorial Library at Creighton University. It grew out of the personal collection of fable materials gathered by Rev. Gregory Carlson, S.J. and was given to the Creighton Libraries in 1996. There are more than 10,000 books and approximately 8,000 artifacts in the collection.
From plates to stamps, from cards to whiskey decanters, from toys to posters, you'll find just about anything you can imagine here. Please explore all that is to offer here in my fables Catalogue of Objects.
This is the largest online catalog of fable related objects on the internet. Many are from Aesop's Fables but you will find La Fontaine, Velazquez and Krylov also represented in this collection.
Dates
- 1880
Extent
10 Cards : A full set of twelve gold-background cards with La Fontaine scenes and French titles. 2½" x 4". The scenes are again identical with those pictured on cards by Charles Wemple and Martin Kronheim of NY. Also 11 of 12 cards picturing La Fontaine fable scenes against a gold background. 2½" x 4". The scenes are identical with those pictured on cards by Charles Wemple and Martin Kronheim of NY. ; 2½" x 4"
Language of Materials
French
Abstract
Several years ago I found a full set of Wemple/Kronheim cards with green backgrounds after struggling to find eight individual cards. They bear no markings besides the fable's name in French. The card lacking from the second set is FM. The gold background invites scratches. Some of the printing here is not exact. The versos are all blank.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Also ten of the complete set of twelve (minus "Frog and Mouse" and "Heron") for $12 from Pat and Michael Madden, Schaumburg IL, March, '19.
Source
- Pat and Michael Madden (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Creighton University Libraries, Archives & Special Collections Repository