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Title

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


Creator

 Voltaire (auteur/author), Duim, I (drukker/printer)


Year

 1761


Type

 titelblad, title page


Measurements

 15 x 9,5 cm.


Related term

 vertalingen, titelpagina's


Period

 18e eeuw


Classification

 D: Geschiedenis van de boekdrukkunst, M7: Kunst en cultuur


Content

 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.


Original

 De wedergevonden zoon, blyspel. - Amsterdam, I. Duim, 1761, titelpagina


available in

 Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag 448 J 10


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 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek


@reproduction

 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek