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

Book 5, Fable 14: the present and the future (Le present et l'avenir)

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

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