Boekverkoper met een klant op straat 1817

Adrien Victor Auger's "Boekverkoper met een klant op straat" (1817), also known as "Le Bouquiniste en Ignorance," is a satirical print depicting a street bookseller and a customer. The scene, set on a cobbled street, shows the bookseller kneeling, offering a book to a seemingly wealthy customer. The humor lies in the contrasting social classes and the customer's clueless expression as they inspect the book. This caricature reflects the societal anxieties and class differences of 19th-century France.