Adam holding a flower; a lion; a youth holding a sword; a rich man with money in his hands. Engraving, 1767.

Date:
Sep.r 15th 1767
Reference:
573227i
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Vertical figures which are divided by a horizontal line, and which can be cut so that the lower half can be folded back and another figure introduced

Publication/Creation

London (No. 53 in Fleet Street) : Robt. Sayer, Sep.r 15th 1767.

Physical description

1 print : engraving ; platemark 17.8 x 31.2 cm

Lettering

Behold the first of human race ... With fiery eyes and flowing main ... The babe is grown: a youth behold ... Gold in both hands transcendent pleasure ... Book 1

References note

Jacqueline Reid-Walsh, 'Eighteenth-century flap books for children: allegorical metamorphosis and spectacular transformation', Princeton University Library chronicle, 2007, vol. 68, pp. 751-790

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Wellcome Collection 573227i

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