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Central scene shows rivalry between doctors and their respective quack remedies. The scenes below show 'a few specimens of the public in general!!', while the six scenes at the bottom begin with a fat woman tending pots at a stove, 'Ruling the…

1 print : mezzotint, with watercolour and gouache ; platemark 13.2 x 11.2 cm

1 print : etching ; platemark 31.8 x 23.3 cm
Lettering continues: "Allen staenden, leuten, die es am wenigsten glauben, Leuten, die von der Betrügerey leben, diesen ist die Ehr lichkeit, oder welches einerley ist, der Schein der Ehr lichkeit am…

A large table in a lecture hall with many commercial medicine vendors and practitioners seated around it: in the background are many tiers of spectators
1 print : line engraving and etching ; platemark 20.1 x 32.8 cm

Lettering continues: "T is geen diogenes die hier staatvoor syn ton, die gemelyke vent, die gisper van de zeden, die gek, die metsyn bek geen enkele stuyver won, 't is Tiatjeron, messieurs, begaast met taal en reden, die salf en oly venten vrolyk…

Description
A story described in an epigram by Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, Epigrammes, 1723, lib. I, epigram XI (from which the lettering on the present print was copied)
1 print : line engraving with etching ; image 31.8 x 25.3 cm
L'operateur…

1 print : aquatint and etching ; image 16.2 x 34 cm

1 print : etching ; platemark 32.2 x 41.3 cm
Lettering
Il ciarlatano, in Roma. Pinelli inv. et inc.
The salesman is holding a box full of medicines which has "Sanitas" inscribed on it. In the background, a papal coat of arms

1 painting : watercolour ; image 29.9 x 23.8 cm