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

Book 1, Fable 16: the magician (La magicienne)

1719
Etching and engraving
8 × 9.8 cm (3.1 × 3.9 in)

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