Mazes and labyrinths : a general account of their history and developments (1922)
Matthews, William Henry, 1882- · London ; New York : Longmans, Green and Co., 39 Paternoster Row, London, E.E.4 · leaf 183
n and show respe6livelythe plan of the labyrinth and three of the thirty-ninegroups of hydraulic statuary representing the fables ofAesop. At the entrance to the labyrinth were placedsymbolical statues of Aesop and Cupid, the latter holdingin one hand a ball of thread. Each of the… … Fig. 89.—Labyrinth of Versailles. Fable Group: The Hare and the Tortoise. (Perrault.) We reproduce le Clercs engravings of the groupsillustrating respedlively the fables of The Hare and118
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