Chapters 1 to 8 and 10 translated from the Dutch by
Kate Simms. The translation was made possible by
a translation grant from the Netherlands Organization
for Scientific Research NWO.
ISBN 978-1-61451-720-7
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Cover image: Jan Steen: Rhetoricians at a Window
Oil on canvas, 1658-65
29 7/8 x 231/16 inches (75.9 x 58.6 cm)
Philadelphia Museum of Art: John G. Johnson Collection, 1917
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