A salesman selling booklets on self-surgery from a knapsack in the street. Coloured lithograph by C. Philipon, 1829.

  • Philipon, Charles, 1800-1862.
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1829
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20905i
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A salesman selling booklets on self-surgery from a knapsack in the street. Coloured lithograph by C. Philipon, 1829. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Paris (rue du Coq. St. Honoré) : Hautecoeur Martinet ; Paris (Boul.d des Italiens) : Gihaut fréres ; Paris (Faub. St. Denis no. 90) : Violet ([Paris] : Lith de V. Ratier)

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1 print : lithograph, with watercolour ; image 14.5 x 13.4 cm

Lettering

Les annonces. Petites affichea Parisiennes no. 4. Ch. Philipon. ... Lettering continues: "La chirurgie sans chirurgien 1vol in 32. Ouvrage destiné à ruiner le charlatanisme, en enseignant la maniére simple et facile de se couper soi-même, les bras, les jambes, etc. L'editeur qui n'a d'autre but que d'être utile à l'humanité donne avec un exemplaire de cet ouvrage, un cure oreille et un passse-lacet."

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Bibliographie de la France, 2 mai 1829, no. 310 ("Les annonces, petites affiches parisiennes, n. 1, 2, 3 et 4. 4 planches, par Ch. Philipon, 6 pouces sur 6. Imp. de Ratier. Prix. 0-75. A Paris, chez Hautecoeur-Martinet. 4 items.")—Image of France database no. 19409

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