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"De wedergevonden zoon" (The prodigal son), comedy after Voltaire, 1761

Voltaire (auteur/author)
Duim, I (drukker/printer)
year: 1761

type: titelblad
title page
detail: nee
dimensions: 15 x 9,5 cm.
related terms: vertalingen titelpagina's
period: 18e eeuw
classification:
D: Geschiedenis van de boekdrukkunst
M7: Kunst en cultuur

contents: The cultural focus on France in the eighteenth century not only caused a strong growth in French books but also in translations from the French as here of Voltaire's "L'enfant prodigue". A simple octavo format was the standard form for these publications. The illustration of the beehive on this title page is the is the vignette of the Amsterdam Theatre and indicates that this play had been performed there.

origineel:
source: De wedergevonden zoon, blyspel. - Amsterdam, I. Duim, 1761, titelpagina
available in: Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag 448 J 10

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©reproduction: Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek




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