1975? Twenty cards in a package "Les Fables de La Fontaine: Vingt Cartes Postales d'Art, Images de A. M. Bossaert." Each marked 4402. Made in France. Etab. Artistiques Parisiens. $75 from rhetlyn from Carolina Shores, NC, through eBay, Dec., '03. Extra copies of four of the cards for $30 from Betty Jette, Eaton Park, FL, through Ebay, Feb., '00.

Excellent, vibrant color work! Cursive titles underneath the pictures serve as a distinguishing mark for this set. My favorites include "Le Gland ete la Citrouille," which features wonderful striped stockings and wooden shoes on the philosophical bumpkin. The hare's bugle and ball on TH suggest that he may not have been entirely focussed on this race! The cat as monk ready to devour both the hare and weasel is all the more sinister because his face is completely black except for the pince-nez, gray whiskers, and green eyes. LM uses two shades of green, one of blue, and three of tan to make a dramatic statement. Two other spectacularly colorful pictures are those for "Le Coche et la Mouche" and MSA. Well done! Unfortunately, three of the extra cards--"Le Chat, la Belette et le petite Lapin," "Le Gland et la Citrouille," and TH--show a mark at the top of the picture where some tape has been applied; only LM is without it. 

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