Fabelen en Vertelsels

Multiple artists/makers

1772–74

Not on view

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Title: Fabelen en Vertelsels
Author: Written by Christian Fürchtgott Gellert (German, Hainichen (Saxony) 1715–1769 Leipzig)
Artist: Jacob Buys (Dutch, baptized Amsterdam 1724–1801 Amsterdam)
Artist: Noach van der Meer the younger (Dutch, Leyden 1740–after 1814)
Publisher: Published by P. Meijer , Amsterdam
Published in: Amsterdam
Date: 1772–74
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1945
Object Number: 45.8.4
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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