La Fontaine's Fables
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Jean de La Fontaine collected fables from a wide variety of sources, both Western and Eastern, and adapted them into French free verse. They were issued under the general title of Fables in several vo
An Aubusson tapestry from the 18th century illustrating "The Lion in Love"
Facsimile of the manuscript of "The Sculptor and the Statue of Jupiter"
The practical lesson of "The frog that wanted to be as big as an ox" on a 19th-century trade card
The Fox and the Crow (Aesop)
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The Fox and the Crow is one of Aesop's Fables, numbered 124 in the Perry Index. Early Latin and Greek versions and the fable exist, and it may even have been depicted on an ancient Greek vase. The sto
La Fontaine's Fables
…The Fox and the Mask (Le renard et le buste, IV.14) The Fox and the Crow (Le corbeau et le renard, I.2) The Fox and the Grapes (Le renard et les raisins, III.11…
A 19th-century Minton tile illustrating the fable
An illustration of the Indian fable as told in the Arabic Kalila and Dimna
Léon Rousseau's painted panel of the fable, Musée Jean de La Fontaine
18th-century German Whist game silver token showing the fable The Fox and the Crow. Artist: Daniel Friedrich Loos.