Author: Jan Gerritsz. Visser (c. 1755-1821)
Title: [Antique title page, 1813] Man met een baard en bladeren rond het hoofd [De gevaren van het ongehuwde leven: blyspel], published 1813, 1 p.
Description: Title page of Jean François Collin d'Harleville's De gevaren van het ongehuwde leven: blyspel is decorated with a vignette representing the head of a bearded man, crowned with a wreath.Signed at the very bottom of the page: J.G. Visser graveur.Publishing date titlepage 1813. Stipple engraving, etching and letterpress on paper; total: 154 x 98 mm; despite some smudges, a water stain and minor foldings on the top right corner and some light staining, in good condition.

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