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Byrrh Elixir

1950? Dust-jacket with an oval illustration of "Le Chat, la Belette et le petit Lapin" and, on the verso, the text of the fable.  "Protégé-cahier offert par Byrrh."  €6 from secoressource through Ebay, Oct., '21.

This picture is unusually well done for a simple dust-jacket!  The rabbit returns home from school to find his home occupied.  Neither will do well in the end.  Byrrh offers "le grand vin au quinquina."  Are we selling wine to schoolchildren?  Is that an artist's signature of "LG" in the lower right?

1950? Dust-jacket with an oval illustration of FS and, on the verso, the text of the fable.  "Protégé-cahier offert par Byrrh."  €8 from Albert van den Bosch, Antwerp, June, '23.

This picture is unusual for emphasizing the defeat and chagrin of the dapper fox.  He goes away angry and outdone.