Creighton University

Beautifully colored cards with the full text of the fable on the back.  The bright colors, including yellows, pinks, and oranges, bring a new kind of life to Doré's somber illustrations.  Beneath the text of cards in the "P" format is a standard pitch for Solution Pautauberge, which cures old and new rheumatism and all forms of bronchitis.  It also prevents tuberculosis.  On the back of the cards in the "K" format mention of anything but the fable is gone.  Imagine my surprise at finding one of these cards that I had never seen before ("Le Berger et son Troupeau") in a paper dealer's stall at Jamie's Flea Market outside Cleveland.  Of course it was the last card in the set, and they had not had anything even close when I was there five months earlier.  This card alone has an additional advertisement along its short side:  "George J. Wallau, Inc., 153 Waverly Place, New York."  The Foster City, Bailly, Bresch, Sova and Cartophilian cards are in excellent condition, while the Delage cards--except the one P card--tend to be more worn.  Very few of the extras are really duplicates, since they tend to be in different formats.  Can I now trust that I have a complete set of 30?  The set is complete with K cards, though not with P.  The final card, found after the "final" card above, turns out to be "Le Lièvre et les Grenouilles."  Very few of the extras are really duplicates, since they tend to be in different formats. See below a comparison of the P and K versions of both sides of "Le Renard et le Bouc." The cards and their formats are listed after all the small representations.