Animals sick with the plague, Jean-Baptiste Oudry

Engraving made by pierre etienne moitte after a drawing by jean-baptiste oudry representing the fable animals sick with the plague by jean de la fontaine (fable 1 of book vii). 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. Moitte-Oudry-La Fontaine-Les animaux malades de la peste