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A variety of items you can find, / Dear youth! in print by print. / May you join your attention / To everything towards which you turn your eyes
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A variety of items you can find, / Dear youth! in print by print. / May you join your attention / To everything towards which you turn your eyes

1715 - 1813 · 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 16 depictions of craftsmen and professions, such as an embroiderer, a picture framer, and a weaver. Under each depiction a four-line verse. Numbered top right: No. 5.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printpopular printhunterstreet-tradercrafts and industriesmerchant, salesman
Credit lineVerschiet van zaaken kunt gy vinden, Leergraage jeugd! in prent by prent. / Wilt uwe oplettenheid verbinden Aan alles waar ge uw oog naar wendt. 1715 - 1813. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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