Several versions of the engraved fan are extant—one with similar arrangements to that above described, and the Histoire de Malbrouk in thirty-one verses on the back. A second has, for centre, Malbrouk’s body carried by soldiers; on the left, Madame on tower, page bringing news, both in tears; on the right the tomb, ten verses from the second part of the song, filling the field of the fan. On a third, in the centre, Malbrouk taking leave; on the left, page bringing news of his death; on the right, the tomb; on the reverse, the verses of the song, with music, and the refrain: ‘Miron ton-ton-ton-mirontaine.’ The fan of ‘La Coquette,’ with those of ‘la Belle Chanteuse’ and ‘le Galant,’ and portraits of Babet the flower-girl (a popular character of the period), were issued by the dealer Crépy and sold by the score to the frequenters of the theatre. [Illustration: Grotesque Fan, in imitation of Callot, French or Dutch, 17th Cent. Bibliothèque Nationale.] La Coquette herself, with her _paniers_ occupying nearly a third of the fan, demurely takes her tea. She is, doubtless, the sister of Mademoiselle Alluré, who dances to the music of a viola, while the small half-opened fan, the fan within the fan, sings: ‘Voilà un éventaille mon cousin, De plaisante figure. Admiré son dessin, mon cousin, Mais non pas la peinture, Elle est à l’allure, mon cousin, Mon cousin à l’allure!’ The half-opened fan of ‘La Coquette’ is also provided with a subject of which, perhaps, the less said the better: ‘Cette Evantail est magnifique Mais defectueux en cela. Que pour la mettre en musique Il faut dire un sol, la, mi, la. (Un sot l’a mis là!)’ The peasant girl, with her panier on hip and panier on arm, is also a coquette; ‘Je vais en Vendange remplir mon Panier,’ says she, the sort of vintage the cunning Margot hopes for being sufficiently obvious, even without the love-knot that loops the frame of the miniature with its accompanying legend, ‘J’ay bien des camarades sur la place,’ and the knave of diamonds standing hard by. The ‘little air’ with its explanatory picture says: ‘Je voudrois bien Liset-te Au son de ma musett-te Je voudrois bien Liset-te Charmer vôtre langueur; Que faittes vous seulette Assis dessus l’herbette Vôtre ame est inquiette. Qui peut Causer vôtre langueur Au son de ma muset-te Je voudrois bien Liset-te.’ A pictorial rebus (referring to ‘l’éventail magnifique’), a game board, a harlequin, and a billet-doux (N’oubliez pas le porteur) complete the composition; the whole being an instance of the Parisian’s insatiable love of badinage. Printed in Paris in 1734. In _Le bal des Nations_, the several countries are figured as pretty women at a costume ball; this representing the fan’s comment on the declaration of war with the Emperor Charles VI. Each of the actors of the piece delivers a song, the words of which are printed round the top of the fan. La France sings: