Five Fabophile Matched Fève Duos, 2015

Item — Box: CFC Artifact Box 11

Identifier: CFC2022.0078.1-5

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

2015

Extent

5.5" Linear Feet ; 5.5" x 3" x 1"

Language of Materials

French

Additional Description

Abstract

2015? Set of five matched pairs of fèves representing fables of Jean de La Fontaine.

Abstract

I am beginning to sense how many sets of fèves must be out there representing La Fontaine's fables. This set by Fabophile is well executed. The only description I can get from a vendor -- or perhaps the manufacturer? -- is "Série de fèves représentant les duos célèbres." These are among the best fable fèves I have seen, and the set seems to be rare.