498848 The Cat transformed into a Woman, 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.: Fable from Aesop and recounted in La Fontaine\'s Fables, first published in 1668; Jean de la Fontaine (1621-95) French author, poet and moralist; the fable relates the story of a cat transformed into a woman by Venus; when Venus tests the transformation be letting loose in the room some mice, the woman is unable to resist chasing them; the moral of this fable is that it is impossible to change human nature; La Chatte m矇tamorphos矇e en Femme;); French, out of copyright.