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Title: Front matter
Period: 1650-1700;
Geographic: Greece; Ancient Greece
Description: The image is in sepia tone with a man walking through a jungle carrying a bag in his hand. Around the man there is a lion, deer, dog, chicken, bull, calf, rabbit, snake, rat, tortoise and a reindeer. In front of the man, there is a monkey holding a pole with a flag that says Escope en belle humeur. In the far distance around the trees there is an elephant and two more reindeers. The image has a text written in it which reads VENEZ a la lecon jeunelle vive et folle, Elope en belle humeur vous appelle a l'Ecolle: Les Beftes autrefois parloient mieux que les gens, Et le fiecle n'a point de fidoetes regens and the text is framed in a scroll with curved edges.
Image Creator: Anonymous (Engraver);(); Anonymous (Engraver); ()
Type: Text; Engraving
Identifier: mta:27491
Language: fre
Source Name: Escope en belle humeur
Parent Collection: F - Esope en belle humeur. Engravings by Anonymous. (1700); F - Esope en belle humeur. Engravings by Anonymous. (1700)
Image: mta_27491_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Aesop's Fables
Subject: man; lion; Fables; Deer; Bull; Elephant; Chicken; Rat; Trees