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WOENSEL -- AMURATH-EFFENDI Hekim-Bachi (=P. v. Woensel). De Lantaarn voor 1792 (2e dr.); 1796; 1798 & 1800. Amst., In 't Nieuwe Licht, (1791-1799). 4 vols. of the series. W. 1 engr. ti. & 1 letterpress ti., and a front. to each vol., and in total 3 fold. tables and 22 satirical engr. (3 fold.). 16°. Or. printed brds. (1) and later hcl., all uncut. (A bit browned/foxed (as always), some incidental staining, a.o. small defects).
Rare satirical 'periodical' in the form of an almanach written by Pieter van Woensel (1747-1808) of which a total of 5 issues appeared (1792, 1796, 1798, 1800 & 1801). Knuvelder III, 218-20: "Het in zijn tijd meest geruchtmakende werk was (...) het geïllustreerde tijdschrift De Lantaarn (...). In 1800 verbood de Amsterdamse politie het (...)." - Cf. Atlas v. Stolk, 5947 and extensively Hanou: Pieter van Woensel, De Lantaarn (2002).€ 180
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