My mother, who has always been a bit of a quaintrelle…
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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And you played dead?
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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The toad: Everyone has a duty to their country.
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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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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She looked like the famous Esmeralda, celebrated by Victor Hugo.
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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Stand up and follow me.
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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Jean-Jacques Grandville, frontispiece from Petites misères de la vie humaine (Little troubles of human life), by Old Nick (Paul-Émile Daurand-Forgues), Paris, 1870.
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First chapter page.
Jean-Jacques Grandville, from Petites misères de la vie humaine (Little troubles of human life), by Old Nick (Paul-Émile Daurand-Forgues), Paris, 1870.
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Agostino Lacurci. La Finta Nonna.
Illustration for the novel La finta nonna, contained in Fiabe Italiane
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