French poet, fabulist and writer (1621–1695)

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Poets: twenty portraits of writers. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825.

Eminent literary and scientific men of France.

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.

Poëme du quinquina, et autres ouvrages en vers / [Jean de La Fontaine].

Oeuvres completes de Jean de La Fontaine : avec des notes et une nouvelle notice sur sa vie / par M. C.-A. Walckenaer.

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Jean de La Fontaine

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Poëme du quinquina, et autres ouvrages en vers / [Jean de La Fontaine].

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.

Oeuvres completes de Jean de La Fontaine : avec des notes et une nouvelle notice sur sa vie / par M. C.-A. Walckenaer.