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  • 'Les Medicins'. Fable de la Fontaine. Music by Th. Ymbert.
  • A peasant is showing a goose a large egg; illustration for a fable. Etching.
  • An oak overhangs a pond in which bullrushes are growing; illustration of a fable by Aesop. Etching.
  • A woodman is swinging an axe at a tree. Etching by W. Hollar for a fable by Aesop.
  • A vine bearing four pear-shaped gourds and a date palm; illustration of a fable by Aesop. Etching.
  • A lion dressed as a doctor is examining a horse's hoof; illustration of a fable by Aesop. Etching.
  • A dog resting on a bull's straw; representing Aesop's fable. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
  • A fox and a weasel trying to leave a well-stocked larder; illustration of a fable by Aesop. Etching.
  • A young man in roman dress has smashed an anthropomorphous sculpture with a club; illustration of a fable. Etching.
  • A peasant coming out of a barn is showing an egg to a goose; illustration of a fable. Etching.
  • A lion is standing on a rock surrounded by a large group of animals; illustration for a fable. Etching.
  • In the midst of four peacocks a jay is decked with peacock feathers; illustration for a fable by Aesop. Etching.
  • A stag with lowered head is meeting the charge of a mounted knight; illustration of a fable by Aesop. Etching.
  • A group of people is sitting around a dinner table presided over by a cat; illustration of a fable. Etching.
  • A large ox is looking down on a frog climbing out of a pond; illustration of a fable by Aesop. Etching.
  • A large ox is looking down on a frog climbing out of a pond; illustration of a fable by Aesop. Etching.
  • A fox has taken shelter in a thicket of thorn bushes. Etching by W. Hollar for a fable by J. Ogilby.
  • A peasant is raising his stick to drive on an ox. Etching by W. Hollar for a fable by J. Ogilby.
  • A stag hiding in a haystack is discovered by the pitchfork of the farmhand; illustration of a fable by Aesop. Etching.
  • A heron with a frog in its beak is standing on the shore of a lake; illustration of a fable. Etching.
  • A bear overturns a barrel and is stung by bees; representing Aesop's fable. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
  • A large and a small crab are lying on a sea-shore. Etching by W. Hollar for a fable by J. Ogilby.
  • A parrot perched on a branch is surrounded by a large number of birds; illustration of a fable by J. Ogilby. Etching.
  • A fox and a dog are facing each other over a dead fish lying on the ground; illustration of a fable. Etching.
  • A bird of prey is trying to land among a large crowd of animals; illustration of a fable. Etching by D. Stoop.
  • A peasant is beating a heavily loaded ass with a stick to encourage it to go on; illustration of a fable. Etching.
  • A lion and a gladiator are facing each other in an arena with the Emperor looking on; illustration of a fable. Etching.
  • A crane inserts its beak into the mouth of a wolf; illustrating Aesop's fable. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
  • A fox talking to a chicken; representing a fable by Aesop on false friendship. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
  • A bear has overturned a beehive and is attacked by bees. Etching by J. Kirk after F.Barlow for a fable by Aesop.