Only his belly was remarkable, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"

Only his belly was remarkable, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"

J. J. Grandville, Andrew Best Leloir, Honoré de Balzac

1832 - 1852 Print

59.500.592(19)

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