67/5181 Histoire d'un sou 67/5181 "Histoire d'un sou". Catchpenny print w. 16 gilt and stencil col. lithogr. ills., w. caption below, Metz, Gangel Frères and P. Didion ±1858. = An entertaining story about the history of a coin, in which the coin is spent by various persons and stolen by a boy. His father finds out and punishes him by giving the coin to a friend of the boy. This boy then buys a catchpenny print with the story we have just read called "Histoire d'un sou" published by no other than Maison Gangel. A nice and early example of product placement and a Droste effect in the last illustration. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXVII.
67/5181 Histoire d'un sou 67/5181 "Histoire d'un sou". Catchpenny print w. 16 gilt and stencil col. lithogr. ills., w. caption below, Metz, Gangel Frères and P. Didion ±1858. = An entertaining story about the history of a coin, in which the coin is spent by various persons and stolen by a boy. His father finds out and punishes him by giving the coin to a friend of the boy. This boy then buys a catchpenny print with the story we have just read called "Histoire d'un sou" published by no other than Maison Gangel. A nice and early example of product placement and a Droste effect in the last illustration. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXVII.
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