The Villager and the Snake, Louis Legrand

Engraving made by louis legrand after a drawing by jean-baptiste oudry representing the fable the villager and the serpent by jean de la fontaine (fable 13 of book vi). This engraving appeared in the complete edition of la fontaine's fables, published in four volumes by the publisher desaint & saillant, rue saint jean de beauvais in paris, 1755-1759. Medium: engraving. Collection: Bibliothèque nationale de France. Legrand-Oudry-La Fontaine-Le villageois et le serpent