Engraving by Gillot issued as a headpiece illustration on page 235 (Book IV, fable 9), of M. de la Motte's "Fables nouvelles" (Paris : Gregoire Dupuis, 1719).
Forms part of a collection of 586 etchings by and after Claude Gillot, mounted into a bound album by a former owner, with letterpress title page reading "Oeuvres de Gillot." (see PML 198162).
Illustration shows the interior of a library, where a magistrate stands, perusing a book, while at right, another figure takes a volume on one of the shelves, seen on the back wall; his left leg is propped up against a wooden ledge; there is a table between both figures; at far left, an arched doorway with a door open.