Title
`De vernuftigh betweter', emblem print from "Sinnepoppen" by Roemer Visscher, Amsterdam, 1614
Creator
Visscher, Roemer (auteur/author), Blaeu, Willem Jansz. (drukker/printer), Visscher, Claes Jansz. (illustrator)
Year
1614
Type
illustratie, illustration
Measurements
7,5 x 6 cm. (ill.)
Related term
embleembundels, illustraties, gravure, leescultuur
Period
17e eeuw
Classification
K: Maatschappelijke aspecten van boekproductie en -verspreiding
Content
Nowhere in Europe are so many paintings and prints with books on them as in the Dutch Republic, but that a book could also be mis-used is apparent from this picture and the accompanying text from the popular emblem book Sinnepoppen (emblems) by Roemer Visscher. The reader is warned against the `betweter' (know-all) , someone who reads the 'writings the wrong way' in order to hurt the other with improper arguments.
Original
Visscher, Roemer. - Sinnepoppen. - Amsterdam: Willem Jansz. Blaeu, 1614, p. 168
available in
Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag 341 C 4
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Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek
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Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek