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Visiting card of book dealer C. Verrassel-Charvet in Brussels
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. View the original catalogue record. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
An open book held up by a satyr wearing a cap with peacock feathers and holding a staff. Various books lie on the ground, including works by Walter Scott, Dumas, and Sandeau. According to the advertisement, customers can visit the bookstore for novels, subscriptions, bookbinding, account books, caricature prints, and prints for carnival costumes.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description- Institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Catalogue identifier
- RP-P-2015-26-261
- Arkivism identifier
- rijks-RP-P-2015-26-261
- Date
- before 1842 - 1894
- Medium
- lithography; geporseleind karton
Credit lineVisitekaartje van boekhandel C. Verrassel-Charvet te Brussel. before 1842 - 1894. A. Verbeke. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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