Une Serpe sur un Arbre tondu

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Sources and parallels
- De la Feuille, Devises Et Emblemes 1697 [web]
, p/no. 22/8
- Saavedra Fajardo, Principe [1655]
, embl. 67
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A snake on a tree that is being pruned- snakes
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- agricultural implements: sickle
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