Évariste de Parny looking after his bookseller's store, Parny chez son libraire, Scene based on an anecdote. French poet Évariste de Parny is babysitting the store of Frocard, his regular bookseller. As he sits behind the counter writing, a customer steps in who boasts of his knowledge, but actually has little understanding of poetry. He purchases De Parny's work without realizing that the writer himself is behind the counter., print maker: anonymous, after 1800 - c. 1899, paper, etching, height 166 mm × width 100 mm

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