The eagle and the crow.
Ernest Griset, from Æsop’s fables, with text based chiefly upon Croxall, La Fontaine and L’Estrange, London, New York, 1869.
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George Wharton Edwards (1859-1950), title page from Bird gods, by Charles De Kay, New York, 1898.
(This one’s for liquidnight)
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I swear by the swan.
George Wharton Edwards (1859-1950), from Bird gods, by Charles De Kay, New York, 1898.
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The crow.
George Wharton Edwards (1859-1950), from Bird gods, by Charles De Kay, New York, 1898.
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Zeus turned himself into a cuckoo, and flew near Hera.
George Wharton Edwards (1859-1950), from Bird gods, by Charles De Kay, New York, 1898.
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Picus the woodpecker.
George Wharton Edwards (1859-1950), from Bird gods, by Charles De Kay, New York, 1898.
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Paan the peacock.
George Wharton Edwards (1859-1950), from Bird gods, by Charles De Kay, New York, 1898.
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A few words from Mrs. Magpie to Messrs Ape and Parrot.
J-J. Grandville, from Vie privée et publique des animaux (Public and Private Life of Animals), under the direction of P. J. Stahl, Paris, 1867.
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Agostino Lacurci. La Finta Nonna.
Illustration for the novel La finta nonna, contained in Fiabe Italiane
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