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Nicolas Henry Tardieu|Jean de La Fontaine|Lamotte-Houdar|Charles Antoine Coypel

Book 2, Fable 1: the two oracles (Les deux oracles)

1719
Etching and engraving
8 × 9.7 cm (3.1 × 3.8 in)

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