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1. 104 To Theo van Gogh. Dordrecht, Wednesday, 28 February 1877.

   in note 114:

   Taken from Jean de La Fontaine, Fables, xii, 25, ‘Philémon et Baucis’ (line 14), set to music by...

2. 127 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Saturday, 18 August 1877.

   in note 9:

   ‘La mort et le bûcheron’, Jean de la Fontaine, Fables, i, 16.

   in note 22:

   Jean de la Fontaine, Fables, v, 9. Fontaine 1974, vol. 1, pp. 174-175; this fable stems from Aesop.

   in note 20:

   ...le ‘Le laboureur et ses enfants’ by Jean de la Fontaine, which Van Gogh quotes immediately after...

3. 128 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Monday, 27 August 1877.

   in note 32:

   Taken from La Fontaine, see letter 127, n. 20.

4. 154 To Theo van Gogh. Cuesmes, between about Monday, 11 and Thursday, 14 August 1879.

   in note 9:

   ...ature and art, including the version by Jean de la Fontaine, Fables (iii, 1), which Van Gogh certain...

5. 187 To Theo van Gogh. Etten, Saturday, 19 November 1881.

   in note 15:

   Taken from La Fontaine, Fables (ii, 18): ‘If you shut the door in its face, it will come back throu...

6. 189 To Theo van Gogh. Etten, Wednesday, 23 November 1881.

   in note 21:

   Taken from Jean de la Fontaine, Fables; see letter 127, n. 20.

7. 375 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Saturday, 18 August 1883.

   in note 6:

   Probably La Fontaine’s fable ‘A miller, his son and their ass’, to which Van Gogh referred ear...

8. 660 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, on or about Monday, 13 August 1888.

   in note 12:

   ...ing ‘grapes are sour’ is taken from Jean de La Fontaine, Le renard et les raisins, Fables, iii, ...

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