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"Jean de La Fontaine" Champagne Label, 1950

 Item — Box: CFC Printed Materials Box 2
Identifier: CFC2021.0101.1

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

  • 1950

Extent

1 Items : "Jean de La Fontaine" champagne label. "Cuvee Champagne Jean de La fontaine, 1621-1695."

Language of Materials

French

Abstract

A seal in the center of this label depicts an open book and a feather used for writing. Golden lines emerge from the book. I think Jean would have enjoyed both the recognitiion and the champagne!

Immediate Source of Acquisition

$5 from Bertrand Cocq, Calonne Ricouart, France, Sept., '18.

Repository Details

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

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