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Frontispiece: Allegorical portrait of La Fontaine. A bust on a pedestal surrounded by animals and a dwarf

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A set of seven engravings with accompanying text leaves from the 1783 edition of the famous French verse tales, Les Fables, by Jean de la Fontaine, in which animals behave like human beings.

Dates: 1783

Plate XII: Le Cygne et le Cuisinier (The swan and the cook)

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A set of seven engravings with accompanying text leaves from the 1783 edition of the famous French verse tales, Les Fables, by Jean de la Fontaine, in which animals behave like human beings.

Dates: 1783

Plate XXI: Les FrĂȘlon et les Mouches a Miel (The hornets and the honey bees)

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A set of seven engravings with accompanying text leaves from the 1783 edition of the famous French verse tales, Les Fables, by Jean de la Fontaine, in which animals behave like human beings.

Dates: 1783

Plate XXIV: Conseil tenu par les rats (The council of the rats0

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A set of seven engravings with accompanying text leaves from the 1783 edition of the famous French verse tales, Les Fables, by Jean de la Fontaine, in which animals behave like human beings.

Dates: 1783

Plate L: La Goutte et l'Araignée (Sir Gout and Sir Spider)

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A set of seven engravings with accompanying text leaves from the 1783 edition of the famous French verse tales, Les Fables, by Jean de la Fontaine, in which animals behave like human beings.

Dates: 1783

Plate XCVII: Le Cerf et la Vigne (The stage and the vine-bower)

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A set of seven engravings with accompanying text leaves from the 1783 edition of the famous French verse tales, Les Fables, by Jean de la Fontaine, in which animals behave like human beings.

Dates: 1783

Plate XCIX: Le Lievre et la Perdrix (The hare and the partridge)

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A set of seven engravings with accompanying text leaves from the 1783 edition of the famous French verse tales, Les Fables, by Jean de la Fontaine, in which animals behave like human beings.

Dates: 1783