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Honoré de Balzac|J. J. Grandville

"We are going to incise the muscles, saw the bones, in a word, heal the sick" from Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals

ca. 1837–47
Wood engraving
26.1 × 18.4 cm (10.3 × 7.2 in)

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