Title
A satyr as bookseller, 1655
Creator
Maire, J. (drukker/printer)
Year
1655
Type
titelblad, title page
Measurements
10,7 x 6,7 cm.
Related term
ambulante boekhandelaars, titelprenten, bloemlezingen
Period
17e eeuw
Classification
G: Boekhandel en uitgeverij
Content
In addition to books in bookshops, books were also sold by pedlars and hawkers. Their wares consisted of small printed matter, such as pamphlets, songbooks, almanacs, etc., which they carried along in a basket hung with a cord around their necks or around their middles. On this frontispiece a satyr is represented as pedlar/ bookseller. The book contains an anthology of `elegant satires' by `eminent men': well-known authors such as Justus Lipsius, the Emperor Justinian, Seneca, Petrus Nannius and others.
Original
Elegantiores praestantium virorum Satyrae. - Leiden: J. Maire, 1655, titelprent
available in
Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag 183 O 22
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Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek
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Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek