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Best Set of Liebig 1884 Gold, 1883

 File — Box: CFC Trade Cards Box 1
Identifier: CFC2021.0045.1-6

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

  • 1883

Extent

6 Cards : Liebig La Fontaine's Fables. Gold Background. 128 F.

Language of Materials

French

Abstract

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!

Immediate Source of Acquisition

$100 from Albert Van den Bosch, Antwerp, about 2017?

Repository Details

Part of the Creighton University Libraries, Archives & Special Collections Repository

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