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J. J. Grandville|Honoré de Balzac|Louis-Henri Brevière

"Hold on to me, I am telling my witness..." from Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals

ca. 1837–47
Wood engraving
26.2 × 18.3 cm (10.3 × 7.2 in)

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