75 2053 Prints and drawings Voet I A 1613 1689
75/2053 [Prints and drawings]. Voet I, A. (1613-1689). "Que sous les climats froidureux les Peuples Sont bien malheureux De n'avoir aucun sep de Vigne. Tout plaisir leur est interdit. Le Gel en tout temps leur rechigne Et la Nature les Maudit. Wy plucken den wyn. Voor medesijn met grooten pijn voor konighe hertoge Prince en voor all staeten. Maer herme menschen moeten em laeten." Etching and engraving, w. two 3-line captions in French and Dutch below, 15,7x24 cm., signed in lower right corner in the plate.

- Fine copy.

= Not in Hollstein. A rare and interesting sl. naive print, quoting in French the verses of the poet Saint-Amant on the bad luck of inhabitant of colder climes for not being able to enjoy the sweetness of wine. The Dutch caption extolls the value of wine as a medicine. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXX.

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