Les Oeuvres Rares, Set of 10, 1920

Item — Box: CFC Postcards Box 5

Identifier: CFC2021.0052.1-10

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

1920

Extent

10 Cards : Les Oeuvres Rares: Les Fables de La Fontaine. Ten cards in a series. "Percier inv. Girardet sc." "A.M."

Language of Materials

French

Additional Description

Abstract

This shop surprised me as I was on my way elsewhere. I have not seen this set anywhere else. Each scene is differently conceived, with some featuring medallions on the side, others including two scenes or as many as five scenes. The engraving work seems particularly fine. Among the best, I believe, are MSA and "The Child and the Schoolmaster." The latter is flanked by contrasting scenes from FS. Percier conceived the designs, and Girardet executed them.