The fable of the acorn and the pumpkin: an acorn falls on a man resting under an oak tree on a grassy bank, with pumpkins and his tools and basket around him. Engraving by J.C. Le Vasseur after N. Bertin after J. de La Fontaine.

Clytie abandoned by the sun god is turned into a sunflower. Engraving by G. Duchange after N. Bertin.

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Clytie abandoned by the sun god is turned into a sunflower. Engraving by G. Duchange after N. Bertin.

The fable of the acorn and the pumpkin: an acorn falls on a man resting under an oak tree on a grassy bank, with pumpkins and his tools and basket around him. Engraving by J.C. Le Vasseur after N. Bertin after J. de La Fontaine.