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La Fontaine, Jean de, 1621-1695. Fables

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  • At a Great Exhibition a shopkeeper sells enemas concealed in hollow volumes of classic literature for purposes of discretion. Lithograph by C. Vernier, 1844.
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    Optimist und Pessimist am Krankenbett : zu den Fabeln von Jean de La Fontaine / Gero Schäfer. Mit einem Essay "Aesop, der Arzt und der Tod" von M. Putscher.

    Schäfer, Gero. | Date: 1993
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    At a Great Exhibition a shopkeeper sells enemas concealed in hollow volumes of classic literature for purposes of discretion. Lithograph by C. Vernier, 1844.

    Vernier, Charles, 1831-1887. | Date: 1844 | Reference: 16817i
    Part of: Souvenirs de l'exposition
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