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Paul Giraud

1915?  Three dust-jackets, each with an orange duochrome illustration of a La Fontaine fable signed by Paul Giraud.  The verso offers tables of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.  The stapled inside flaps offer the outline of a weekly work plan and a centimeter ruler, respectively.   $5 apiece from Mme Denise Debuigne, Rennes, France, Feb., '05. Extra copy for $6 of LM from Bertrand Cocq, Calonne-Ricouart, France, Sept., '21.

Paul Giraud died in 1917.  The line figures on these dust-jackets are surprisingly engaging, particularly the tears of the dying laborer's children.  I also enjoy the three different emotions suggested by the three faces in MSA.  Can one speak of a "cartoon style," and would it appropriately characterize the approach of these three illustrations? 

LM

Laborer & Children

MSA