Contes et nouvelles en vers

Author Written by Jean de La Fontaine French
Illustrator Pierre Philippe Choffard French
1762
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  • Title: Contes et nouvelles en vers
  • Author: Written by Jean de La Fontaine (French, Château-Thierry 1621–1695 Paris)
  • Illustrator: Charles Dominique Joseph Eisen (French, Valenciennes 1720–1778 Brussels)
  • Illustrator: Pierre Philippe Choffard (French, Paris 1730–1809 Paris)
  • Date: 1762
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Helen W.D. Mileham, 1955
  • Object Number: 55.578.7.1-.2
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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