Ch. Duffit and Dr. Guillié, 1900

File — Box: CFC Trade Cards Box 4

Identifier: CFC2018.0442

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

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

1900

Extent

2 Cards : Five colored trade cards printed by Ch. Duffit. 2½" x 4".

Language of Materials

French

Additional Description

Abstract

The two cards depict "Les deux Mulets" and "Le Loup devenu Berger." Each card is titled "Fables de La Fontaine." Each at the bottom has the title of its fable and the moral. One advertises Francetta chocolate. Another advertises "Chauss? Paul." This firm seems to sell "specialités pour Pieds sensibles" and is a "Maison de Confiance." The three from Bertrand in 2020 bear no advertising. All but one of the cpcr958 cards are stamped on the verso with "Nouveaux Prix" and the new and higher prices. I wonder how big this series of cards is….

Immediate Source of Acquisition

2 from an unknown source. 3 further cards for $18 from Bertrand Cocq, Calonne Ricouart, France, Sept., '20. Seven further cards presented as "Bon Point" cards advertising DeGuillié Tonic Elixir. €6 each from cpcr958 on Ebay, Sept., '21.