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Learn from Little Thumb's Pleasant Life, (Which We Give You Here in Print:) / Be Naughty, Though Small, That Your End Will Be Sad / Children, If of Tom Thumb, I Give You the Image, It Is to Excite You to Always Remain Wise; / Seek Virtue, That Is the True Way to Make You Loved by...
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Learn from Little Thumb's Pleasant Life, (Which We Give You Here in Print:) / Be Naughty, Though Small, That Your End Will Be Sad / Children, If of Tom Thumb, I Give You the Image, It Is to Excite You to Always Remain Wise; / Seek Virtue, That Is the True Way to Make You Loved by...

Philippus Jacobus Brepols · 1800 - 1833 · letterpress printing; colour; houtsnede; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Plate with 20 scenes from the story of Little Thumb. Under each scene a two-line verse in Dutch and in French. Numbered center bottom: n. 71. B.

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Credit lineLeert uit Duimpjes aardig leven, ('t geen wij u in prent hier geven : ) / Zijt g' ondeugend, hoewel klein, dat uw eind' zal droevig zijn / Enfants si de Poucet, je vous donne l'image, c'est pour vous . 1800 - 1833. Philippus Jacobus Brepols. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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