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Amuse your eyes, youth! with the seven planets. / Each moving in its orbit / They are thus named: / Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Sun and Venus, with / Mercury and Moon, here arranged on steps
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Amuse your eyes, youth! with the seven planets. / Each moving in its orbit / They are thus named: / Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Sun and Venus, with / Mercury and Moon, here arranged on steps

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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Sheet with a large depiction of a staircase with the personifications of planets. A staircase with seven steps with Mercury, Mars, Moon, Sun, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn on them. Below the image a verse in two columns. Numbered top right: No. 100.

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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. 1715 - 1813. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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