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

"He tells us: don't cry, Act!" 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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