Dedication to the young and educational Youth, between 1860 and 1880

Cent print with 4 x 4 unframed woodcuts, with images of people, with rhyming texts with arithmetic problems (addition and multiplication) and arabic and roman numerals. Each picture is captioned with a four-line rhyme and a two-line moral saying in dutch and a four-line french rhyme. The text begins with: 'nothing is zero, poor bastard!' text for the second picture: 'once one is one, jan, where are you going? -'i'll go, says jan, my dear trijn, where women are not curious. Curiosity, bad news awaits you. ' the last picture shows the year 1859: 'do you already know this year number?' includes pictures of a young seafarer, children at the table, busy with toys, gathering, digging, making music and by the fireplace. Also published as a picture book: 'picture gift for small children, to learn the numbers while playing: consisting of 16 pictures', new edition 1843. Object Type: Catchpenny print. Date: between 1860 and 1880. Place of creation: Turnhout. Dimensions: 32 × 35 cm (12.5 × 13.7 in). Medium: woodcut print. Collection: Koninklijke Bibliotheek.