Name: Centsprent: Let, schrandre Jeugd! Op 't nut dat u deez' prent-tafreelen / Van veel Historiën des Bybels mededelen, no. 88.
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Centsprent: Let, schrandre Jeugd! Op ’t nut dat u deez’ prent-tafreelen / Van veel Historiën des Bybels mededelen, no. 88.

€151,25

12 woodcut illustrations (each ca. 50 x 70 mm) on handmade paper; 4 verses, under each image a 4-line verse; total: 375 x 310 mm; nice print, relatively rare; fragile, and partially torn along one of the two folds.Meyer p. 306, Boerma p. 824 (Stichter 88).

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Catchpenny print. Children’s print telling the biblical events of Joseph (Josef) and Moses (Mozes) in Egypt. The first half, focusing on Joseph, narrates his imprisonment after Potiphar’s wife tries to seduce him, how he wins the king’s favour by explaining his dream, and how he is later reunited with his brothers and father. The second half lays out Moses’ birth, God’s calling of Moses from the burning bush, the ten plagues, and how Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt.Signed Robyn.Amsterdam, Erve de Wed. C. Stichter (1715 – 1813); address mentioned on the print: ‘Te Amsterdam, by de Erfgen van de Wed. C. Stichter, Boekverkopers op ‘t Rokkin, in de oude berg Calvarie’; numbered ‘No. 88.’ in upper right corner.