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A spectacle pedlar showing his wares and wearing a large pair of spectacles. Line engraving by N. Dupuis after E. Pater.
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A spectacle pedlar showing his wares and wearing a large pair of spectacles. Line engraving by N. Dupuis after E. Pater.

Eisen Pater

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Lettering: Le Lunetier. Vous verrés avec ces Lunettes. Des Femmes du grand ton qui ne sont pas coquettes. Un poëte docile, un commier sans fierté, et des Scavans sans vanité. N. Dupuis sculp. ; Eisen Pater pinxit.

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