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Honoré de Balzac|J. J. Grandville|Andrew Best Leloir

"What's that noise? and what does this scoundrel want?" from Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals

ca. 1837–47
Wood engraving
26.2 × 18.2 cm (10.3 × 7.2 in)

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