498842 The Hare and the Tortoise, illustration for \'Fables\' of La Fontaine, published by H. Fournier Aine, 1838 (engraving) by Grandville (Jean Ignace Isidore Gerard) (1803-47); Private Collection; (add.info.: The tortoise challenges the hare to a race, which the tortoise wins because of his persistence and the hare\'s insouciance; fable first recounted by Aesop, it was the 10th fable of the 6th Book of La Fontaine\'s Fables, first published in 1668; Jean de la Fontaine (1621-95) French author, poet and moralist; le Li癡vre et la Tortue;); French, out of copyright.