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Amuse your eyes, youth! with the seven planets. / Each moving in its orbit / Thus they are called / Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Sun and Venus, with / Mercury and Moon, set here on steps below
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Amuse your eyes, youth! with the seven planets. / Each moving in its orbit / Thus they are called / Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Sun and Venus, with / Mercury and Moon, set here on steps below

1806 - 1830 · letterpress printing; houtsnede; paper

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

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Leaf with a large depiction of a staircase with the personifications of the planets. A staircase with seven steps upon which stand Mercury, Mars, Luna, Sol, Jupiter, Venus, and Saturn. Below the depiction a verse in two columns. Numbered top right: No. 213.

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Credit lineVermaak uwe oogen, jeugd! in 't zevental planeeten. / Elk loopende in zyn kring / Men vindt ze dus geheeten / Saturnus, Jupiter, Mars, Sol en Venus, met / Merkuur en Luna, hier op trappen neèr gezet. 1806 - 1830. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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