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Sharpen your mind and grasp the meaning, / For here still lies much instruction, / Look together, young youth, / At this pastime, for benefit and joy.
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Sharpen your mind and grasp the meaning, / For here still lies much instruction, / Look together, young youth, / At this pastime, for benefit and joy.

Egmont, erven de Weduwe Jacobus van · 1761 - 1804 · letterpress printing; houtsnede; paper

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Sheet with 8 depictions of rebus puzzles. Under each rebus the solution is given. Numbered top left: No. 30.

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Credit lineScherpt uw verstand en vat den zin, / Dan steekt hier nog al leering in / Ziet met malkander, jonge Jeugd, / Dit tydverdryf, tot nut en vreugd.. 1761 - 1804. Egmont, erven de Weduwe Jacobus van. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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