De Flesch

Gevolgd naar de 8 teekeningen van G. Cruikshank. Subscripts by W. Mets. Tzn. Gebr. Koster. Amsterdam. Amand. Lith. Amsterdam, ca. 1850. Oblong album. Original text C. Mackay. Translation of "the Bottle", 1847. Leporello, with plates and the text in reverse on the back side. Leaves and front and back loose, yet well preserved and easy to restore.

"Hoe kan een reedlijk hart door dronkenschap ontaarden!" A stay-at-home dad who has won the lottery spends the entire prize money on liquor. The dramatic consequences are inevitable: poverty, domestic violence and, in the end, insanity. With 8 scenes and a preface by Lucas Rotgans. Contains a picture on the back side depicting a desperate woman with her children at a pub. (See: Lust en Leering, p. 408-409).