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Ein Schock Phantastn in einem Kasten : mit ihrem Pourtrait gar net in Kupffer gebracht und ausgelacht, samt einer Vorred

Weigel, Johann Christoph, 1661-1726 · 1700 · [Nuremberg] : Zu finden bey Johann Christoph Weigel in Nürnberg · 71 pictures

A 1700 German book of satirical copperplate prints of fools and follies, published by Johann Christoph Weigel in Nuremberg for a general readership of the period. Its pictures show costumed fools and well-dressed figures in interiors and street scenes, with short German captions, and a designer might take their caricatured gestures, exaggerated costumes and compact comic staging.

Fools and jesters · Folly · Vices

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