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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 23:

   Jean de la Fontaine, Fables, i, 22. Fontaine 1974, vol. 1, pp. 78-79; the fable ‘Le chêne et le ro...

   in note 22:

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

   in note 9:

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

3. 154 To Theo van Gogh. Cuesmes, between about Monday, 11 and Thursday, 14 August 1879.

   in note 9:

   ...of Cornelius Anthonisz. Princeton 1989, pp. 44-50. Van Gogh mentions this fable in letter 375.Fables

4. 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...

5. 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.

6. 660 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, on or about Monday, 13 August 1888.

   in note 12:

   ... de La Fontaine, Le renard et les raisins, Fables, iii, 11. See Fontaine 1974, vol. 1, p. 122.Fables

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