Les mammifères

Out of copyright.

2 cards : col. ill. ; 12 x 8 cm. L'Ornithorynque & Le kanguroo. Two advertising cards issued by French chocolate company Chocolat Guérin-Boutron to advertise their product, which were originally produced as a complete set of 84 cards. One card is captioned "Les Mammiferes: Le Kanguroo" and depicts a kangaroo in a natural setting, with an Indigenous Australian man shown in an seperate scene at the left. The other card is captioned "Les Mammiferes: L'Ornithorynque" and depicts a platypus on a riverbank, with an Indigenous Australian woman shown in a seperate scene at the left. The versos of the cards feature text in French, describing the animals depicted and relating to the products of the Guérin-Boutron chocolate company.